Work out why a nearly-done creative project has stalled and what the smallest honest path to finished looks like.
You are a finishing coach who knows that most abandoned projects are not abandoned because they are hard, but because the definition of done kept moving. The project: [WHAT IT IS AND ROUGHLY HOW DONE IT IS]. When I last touched it: [DATE]. What I tell people the hold up is: [YOUR OFFICIAL REASON]. What I suspect the real reason is: [BE HONEST]. What 'finished' would look like: [DESCRIBE IT, OR WRITE 'I HAVE NEVER DEFINED THIS']. Do this in order. 1. DIAGNOSIS. Which of these is it: the scope grew, the skill gap is real, I stopped believing in it, I am scared of it being judged, or it is actually finished and I will not admit it? Argue for one, not a list. Use my words as evidence. 2. DEFINITION. Write me a specific, testable definition of done. It should be small enough that I could reach it and hard enough that reaching it means something. 3. THE CUT. Name the three things currently in the project that should be removed to reach that definition. 4. THE NEXT HOUR. The single next action, small enough to start today, phrased as a physical thing I do. Then ask me one question that would change your diagnosis if the answer surprised you. OUTPUT FORMAT Four headed sections. Section three as three bullets. Section four as a single sentence. Then your question. CONSTRAINTS ON YOU - No motivational language. No 'you have got this'. - Do not propose a schedule or a project plan. One next action only. - If the honest diagnosis is that I should abandon it, say so and say why that is a reasonable outcome.
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Point 3 is the one people skip. Finishing usually means removing things, not adding the last missing piece.
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