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There He “Godins” Again: Why Follow Through

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I’m having a flashback to 1989 when the Pete Rose dust started to rise. Pete had always been a hero of mine. A “regular guy” who proved working hard could get you just as far as being blessed with great innate talent.

Except, Seth Godin’s hair doesn’t get caught in the wind and he runs around the bases.

The Seth’s Blog topic for today is “follow through.” Or more specifically, why follow through is important. He maintains that follow through on individual tasks is important because failing to follow through in effect teach a self debilitating practice of shortening your service at every successive event.

THAT’S NOT WHY!

The reason follow through is so important is it is at that apex of follow through where we actually are in a position to chart the next leg of our journey.

  • Consider the runner at the end of the race, suffering near exhaustion. Only then can the runner just how much was left in reserve.
  • Consider the weight lifter at the end of a grueling workout. Only then can the judgement be made how much more could be lifted next time.
  • Consider entrepreneur at the end of a business exchange. Only at closure can it be decided how much more could have been provided the client to bring return business and entrench the position in the market place.

It’s not about ”I hope I don’t strike out” . It’s about “I hope I get a home-run.”

But, I’m loyal. I still believe Pete Rose deserves a spot in the hall of fame and I still think Seth Godin has some great things to say.

This entry was posted on Thursday, August 23rd, 2007 at 2:24 pm and is filed under Reg Adkins, success. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

2 Responses to “There He “Godins” Again: Why Follow Through”

  1. Priscilla Palmer Says:
    August 23rd, 2007 at 4:20 pm

    Reg, I added Ted Demopoulos to the Personal Development list as you requested.

    I am encouraging all the bloggers who have been added to add 5 more of their favorites, and create a post about it on their own blogs. Like the one you found on Phil Gerbychek’s blog.

    You are included on the list so if you’d like to join in I’d love it. Oh, and you can also encourage the bloggers you nominate to do the same.

  2. Reg Says:
    August 23rd, 2007 at 8:14 pm

    Hello Priscilla,
    I would be delighted to participate.
    I will have something ready tomorrow.
    Thank you for commenting!

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