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Myleik Teele's Podcast

234: Learning How to Finish

Myleik Teele's Podcast

Myleik Teele

Business, Careers, Education, Self-improvement

4.82.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2026

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, I respond to a listener letter about growing up with a parent who started things and didn’t finish them, and how that pattern now shows up in her marriage, her business, and her fear of burning out. This is a conversation about self-leadership, honest accountability, and building a different relationship with time, effort, and completion. Resources mentioned: Atomic Habits by James Clear Atomic Habits Workbook Myleik's Live Coaching Community Want to write in?Send your anonymous listener letter to: hey@myleik.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey guys, this is My Leak. This is the podcast and today I am popping in to answer a listener letter or to brainstorm on a listener letter. If you'd like to write me a letter to be answered on the podcast that will be kept anonymous, please do so at hey, h-E-Y atI-K.com. And you got to make sure you get those E's and Eyes correct because I will not get it otherwise. But hey at M-Y-L-E-I-K.com. This letter has been edited for clarity. Let's get to it. Hey, My-Leak. I listened to the New Year's Eve podcast episode, or was it the New Year's podcast episode,

0:38.9

and felt compelled to write in.

0:41.2

I really connected with your suggestion about breaking things down into small manageable steps.

0:47.3

That idea made me realize something important about myself.

0:51.1

One of my biggest struggles in life is that I don't naturally think in small steps.

0:56.2

Growing up, my mom would constantly start things and never finish them. I hated how that made me

1:02.4

feel as a child. Now as an adult, I see that I've been overcompensating because I'm afraid of

1:08.6

never reaching my dreams or becoming successful. I'm married now,

1:13.2

and I noticed some of those patterns in my husband. He tends to start things and not finish them.

1:18.8

We started a business together in 2024, and it's been triggering for me. I often feel like I have

1:24.5

to pick up the pieces or just do everything myself.

1:31.4

Can you share any advice on how to work through this without burning myself out?

1:38.9

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1:46.8

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1:52.2

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1:57.3

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2:02.9

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2:10.2

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2:13.4

Joining us this series, we have. Romish Wengger Nathan. Diane Morgan, David Mitchell, Mel Gedroich, Amy Gledhill, Alan Carr,

2:19.8

Bemi-Solar, Icumelo, Sam Campbell, Maisie Adam, and Bob Mortimer.

2:24.1

Anyone want a song?

2:26.0

No.

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