Finish It Before You Start It

I am proof that loss of focus will derail your visions and dreams. My vision was to help people have peace and joy in their lives.  Here is why I lost focus.  I was lazy. I didn’t complete the vision.

I didn’t finish it.  I didn’t know where to go with that vision.

In order to start something it has to be finished.  I worked in manufacturing for years as a manufacturing engineer.  I worked closely with designers and other engineers.  Engineers would come up with an idea and start to put ideas together.  How big should it be? What is the purpose of this new product?  Do we need more power? Do we need lighter weight?  Should it cost less?  Should it be more reliable? How can it best accomplish these goals?

Then all the ideas go to a draftsman and a product was designed.  Each part is designed and each part has a specific purpose.  Then I would get the prints and take that and create a program that would make the part. It was my responsibility to choose tooling, how many operations and programs would it take. What machine was best suited to make the part .

Before anything was actually produced it was finished on paper or in a computer somewhere.  The idea was thought about, potential sticking points where overcome, goals were accomplished. The design challenge met the functionality challenge.

It is important to note that it was finished in thought before it was finished in the physical world. The thought was change and became more detailed and every bolt and nut and screw and hole and surface were detailed before we ever started to make a thing.

When we create our lives we have to finalize everything before we  start to build it.  We need a desire and a dream – a big idea – so big that it is scary. Then we need to get detailed about our idea.