Starting feels powerful. It gives you a hit of possibility, a sense that everything could change. But the market doesn’t pay for potential; it pays for completion.
Unfinished projects are silent. They don’t generate referrals. They don’t teach you real lessons. They just occupy space in your mind as proof that you didn’t follow through. Finished projects, even imperfect ones, move you forward. They create data, skills, and stories you can use.
Talk has its place — in planning, in alignment, in selling. But talk without completion becomes noise. To rise, you have to become someone people can trust with the last ten percent, not just the first burst of enthusiasm.
Pick one open loop in your life or business. Close it fully. Then pick the next. Stack completions until “finisher” becomes part of your identity.
That’s how you rise.
