The Coach's Guide to Completing Creative Work

32Mind Yourself

Nicky Peters

DOI: 10.4324/9781003351344-32

Completing a creative project is much the same as completing a life project – how you do one is invariably how you do the other. Since we are creatures of habit, it is likely that your unique pattern of behavior subconsciously determines almost every part of your life. See if you can identify yourself in one of the following scenarios:

• You tend to quit at the first hurdle no matter the loss.
• You settle for less since it’s unlikely that better exists.
• You procrastinate so much that the end is more a relief than a celebratory win.
• Your projects stay trapped in your anguished conscious, never to make it out alive.

Of course, there’s a reason why your endeavors fail to achieve their ...