This text offers insights from Jan Yager's book, How to Finish Everything You Start, a guide aimed at helping individuals overcome obstacles to completing tasks and projects. It highlights praise for the book and surveys showing that most people find starting projects easier than finishing them. The excerpts detail common reasons for incompletion, including distraction, taking on too much at once, perfectionism, and poor planning. The book proposes solutions through various strategies such as goal setting (using the SMART acronym), prioritizing, creating effective to-do lists, learning to say "no" gracefully, delegating tasks, and managing time effectively. It also addresses specific challenges like finishing a book and recognizes that sometimes failure to complete is due to circumstances or even benefits, emphasizing the importance of conscious decision-making and seeking help when necessary, such as for conditions like adult ADHD.