Listen "AGL 141: Start Finishing with Charlie Gilkey"
Episode Synopsis
About Charlie
Charlie Gilkey is the founder of Productive Flourishing, a company that helps professional creatives, leaders, and changemakers take meaningful action on work that matters. He is internationally recognized as a thought leader on productivity, planning, strategy, and leadership for creative people.
Charlie is the author of the forthcoming Start Finishing: How to Go from Idea to Done (Sounds True, September 2019) and The Small Business Life Cycle and is widely cited in media outlets including Inc., Time, Forbes, the Guardian, Lifehacker, and more. He’s also an Army veteran and near-PhD in philosophy.
Today We Talked About:
Getting Things Done
Productivity
Stories we tell ourselves
Making time or your not
SMART Goals
What if I succeed
Need to be creative
Most courageous next step
Breadcrumbs from project to project
Focus Blocks
Thrash Crash
Funday Friday Task
Productive Procrastination
Project Pyramids
Blocks and Tasks (90min and 15min)
Finding Focus Time
Habits, practices, and routines
Atomic Habits
Success Packs
Connect With Charlie:
Productive Flourishing
Podcast
Book - Start Finishing
Twitter
Special Thanks to Splashtop for sponsoring today’s show.
Splashtop is a premier remote desktop, and remote support solution. I’ve been using Splashtop personal for more than 7 years now and Splashtop Enterprise at my company for 3 years. Their products are fantastic and their support is second to none. I love and highly recommend their products and I’m super stoked that they are giving A Geek Leader listeners 20% off their first year when you go to https://ageekleader.com/splashtop
I hope you enjoyed this show, please head over to Apple Podcast and subscribe and leave me a rating and review, even 1 sentence will help spread the word. Thanks again!
Charlie Gilkey is the founder of Productive Flourishing, a company that helps professional creatives, leaders, and changemakers take meaningful action on work that matters. He is internationally recognized as a thought leader on productivity, planning, strategy, and leadership for creative people.
Charlie is the author of the forthcoming Start Finishing: How to Go from Idea to Done (Sounds True, September 2019) and The Small Business Life Cycle and is widely cited in media outlets including Inc., Time, Forbes, the Guardian, Lifehacker, and more. He’s also an Army veteran and near-PhD in philosophy.
Today We Talked About:
Getting Things Done
Productivity
Stories we tell ourselves
Making time or your not
SMART Goals
What if I succeed
Need to be creative
Most courageous next step
Breadcrumbs from project to project
Focus Blocks
Thrash Crash
Funday Friday Task
Productive Procrastination
Project Pyramids
Blocks and Tasks (90min and 15min)
Finding Focus Time
Habits, practices, and routines
Atomic Habits
Success Packs
Connect With Charlie:
Productive Flourishing
Podcast
Book - Start Finishing
Special Thanks to Splashtop for sponsoring today’s show.
Splashtop is a premier remote desktop, and remote support solution. I’ve been using Splashtop personal for more than 7 years now and Splashtop Enterprise at my company for 3 years. Their products are fantastic and their support is second to none. I love and highly recommend their products and I’m super stoked that they are giving A Geek Leader listeners 20% off their first year when you go to https://ageekleader.com/splashtop
I hope you enjoyed this show, please head over to Apple Podcast and subscribe and leave me a rating and review, even 1 sentence will help spread the word. Thanks again!
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