{"id":32,"date":"2016-08-01T21:44:17","date_gmt":"2016-08-01T21:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eviltwinbrian.com\/blog\/?p=32"},"modified":"2016-08-08T17:39:38","modified_gmt":"2016-08-08T17:39:38","slug":"you-keep-what-you-kill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eviltwinbrian.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/01\/you-keep-what-you-kill\/","title":{"rendered":"You Keep What You Kill"},"content":{"rendered":"

That\u2019s the catch, you\u2019ve got to finish it, otherwise, it\u2019s pointless. We\u2019re too busy chasing the next wave of inspiration, not realizing that all the winners are the ones that actually finish the game. I\u2019m not speaking from a position of success, telling you all how I \u201cdid it\u201d. I\u2019m equally guilty of pouncing on the next shiny new object that crosses my path as well. There has got to be a point where we all accept that leaving a bunch of tasks sitting around unfinished, only to label them as \u201cI\u2019ll finish that someday\u201d, will never accomplish much. We\u2019ve all got tasks sitting around, partially complete. Like half cleaned offices, partially built projects, unfinished manuscripts, or a half checked to-do list.<\/p>\n

Guess what, today is someday. You get to tackle a project, finish it up, and collect your reward. You get to keep what you kill. Wake up and see that no one is handing out medals to the person that got closest to the finish line. You\u2019ve got to cross it. You don\u2019t have to be the best, but until you reach that point, it doesn\u2019t count. Your project doesn\u2019t exist. It\u2019ll never get into anyone\u2019s hands, as long as you\u2019re sitting around talking about getting it done. There is no trophy for \u201cbest product description\u201d.<\/p>\n

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You don’t get this bad boy by talking about your Karate<\/small><\/p><\/div>\n

I\u2019m the type of guy that spends a lot of time doing research on new things I want to learn or accomplish. I usually spend months reading blogs, watching YouTube videos, or downloading ebooks from the kindle store. What I don\u2019t do is to actually take that step to see what I need to be learning, or what areas I should spend time researching. I put the uniform on, then sit around watching other people play the game. I convince myself that it\u2019ll be awesome when I dive right in, but I spend far more time than I need to warm up. There are a couple of things I\u2019ve done fairly quickly, even with the prerequisite research. Like PowerLifting, and Archery. But more often than not, I usually spend more time wondering what the end result will feel like, rather than taking on the challenge and actually finding out.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d like to use this blog to post more about the personal projects that I\u2019ve got sitting around, just so I can feel some sense of accountability that will force some momentum. More than that, though, I\u2019d like you guys to all take a look at your project list and pick something to finish. Embrace the figurative Necromonger inside you, and finish off a project that has been eating away at you. Go get those trophies that you can place on your mantle, showing you\u2019ve finished yet another project or learned a new skill. Be better today, than you were yesterday.<\/p>\n

(This was originally posted on my other blog, NRRDS.com)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

That\u2019s the catch, you\u2019ve got to finish it, otherwise, it\u2019s pointless. We\u2019re too busy chasing the next wave of inspiration, not realizing that all the winners are the ones that actually finish the game. I\u2019m not speaking from a position of success, telling you all how I \u201cdid it\u201d. I\u2019m equally guilty of pouncing on…read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,2],"tags":[18,13,17,19,14],"class_list":["post-32","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","category-writing","tag-accomplishments","tag-art","tag-finish","tag-riddick","tag-writing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.eviltwinbrian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/keep-what-you-kill.jpg?fit=590%2C260&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7Mn7O-w","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eviltwinbrian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eviltwinbrian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eviltwinbrian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eviltwinbrian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eviltwinbrian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.eviltwinbrian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48,"href":"https:\/\/www.eviltwinbrian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32\/revisions\/48"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eviltwinbrian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eviltwinbrian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eviltwinbrian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eviltwinbrian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}