EP 267: The Key To Finishing Your Projects - Charlie Gilkey
Creating an identity as a finisher
Charlie Gilkey, the author of Start Finishing, is an expert in how to get things done and most importantly, finishing projects. We are good at starting things, not great at seeing them through to an agreed outcome. So how do you start to finish what you started? Charlie's book Start Finishing presents a 9-step method for converting an idea into a project by addressing the challenges we will face and how to get the project on a reality-based schedule to completion.
Products or companies we discuss are not paid endorsements. They are not sponsored by, nor do we have any professional or affiliate relationship of any kind with any of the companies or products highlighted in the show.... sadly! It’s just stuff we like, think is cool and maybe of interest to you our listeners.
“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!”
― Hunter S. Thompson, The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967
Charlie Gilkey, the author of Start Finishing, is an expert in how to get things done and most importantly, finishing projects. We are good at starting things, not great at seeing them through to an agreed outcome. So how do you start to finish what you started? Charlie's book Start Finishing presents a 9-step method for converting an idea into a project by addressing the challenges we will face and how to get the project on a reality-based schedule to completion.
- When people ask Charlie what he does, how does he like to reply?
- Why is the name of his company Productive Flourishing?
- What makes a truly meaningful life for Charlie Gilkey?
- Charlie is described as having an unshakable calm. Where does that come from?
- With a military background as a logistics manager in Operation Iraqi Freedom, what did Charlie have in his own system?
- Looking back, what would Charlie say to his 24-year-old self?
- Has the theory of himself changed at all since writing his book?
- When Charlie accepted his identity as a creative person, how did that change his mission?
- Should we step into an identity as a finisher?
- Displace one thing to make room for something else
- Not every desire becomes a priority, but our deepest desires inform our priorities.
- Head trash always looks absurd when you state it directly because you see it for what it is.
- Why do we struggle with the things that will enhance our lives and bring fulfilment and richness?
- What has philosophy brought to his work today?
- Thrashing means you care about a project. What's thrashing, and why does it mean we care?
- What is a cold start routine?
- What is Charlie trying to say in this book?
Products or companies we discuss are not paid endorsements. They are not sponsored by, nor do we have any professional or affiliate relationship of any kind with any of the companies or products highlighted in the show.... sadly! It’s just stuff we like, think is cool and maybe of interest to you our listeners.
“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!”
― Hunter S. Thompson, The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967
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Charlie Gilkey's website Productive Flourishing
https://www.productiveflourishing.com
Top 10 Cowbell songs of all time
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/cowbell-songs/
The Mojo Radio Show on Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/themojoradioshowpodcast
The Mojo Radio Show
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The Mojo Radio Show on Facebook
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The Mojo Radio Show on Twitter
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