The Lesson Comes At The End
Everyone is pretty good at starting projects, but far fewer people are very good at finishing projects — and that’s a shame because the biggest and most important lessons come at the end of the project. You learn more things by finishing a project than you do by simply starting them.
The Moral of the Story
In ancient Greece there was a storyteller named Aesop. You’re probably familiar with many of Aesop’s Fables even though you might not know it. Stories like The Tortoise and the Hare, The Boy Who Cried Wolf, The Ant and the Grasshopper, are all examples of the stories Aesop told which have been passed down through the generations.
Something unique to Aesop’s tales was that a lesson (or moral to the story) was imparted as wisdom to the listener. It might have been a lesson about determination being able to overcome greater odds, or a lesson about the dangers of lying, or a lesson about working hard now allows you to enjoy the benefits of that work down the road.
The story would play out between the characters and then an example of individual growth and wisdom would summarize a valuable lesson.
Think about your project in the same way
You learn a lot by working on a project, but the big lesson comes at the end of the project in a culmination of all the experience you gained along the way (good, bad, or otherwise).
