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Start Finishing

How to Go from Idea to Done

Charlie Gilkey
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Duration
7h 13m
Year
2019
Language
English
Publisher
St. Martin's Publishing Group

About

Discover a Powerful Nine-Step Method to Start Finishing the Work That Matters Most



How much of your time and attention lately has been focused on things that truly matter to you?



Most people's honest answer is: not enough.



Everyone is buried by busywork, responsibility, distraction, and fatigue.



The joy-producing, difference-making ideas are waiting for when the time is right, when the current project is over, when they have a little more money, when the kids are grown, or when they get a more understanding boss. They are waiting for someday.



The trouble is someday never comes on its own.



Start Finishing presents a nine-step method for converting an idea into a project by addressing the challenges you'll face and getting the project on a reality-based schedule.



This audiobook will teach you how to:



• Practice the five keys that lead to self-mastery

• Build your success pack of supporters, guides, peers, and beneficiaries

• Keep working through the thrashing that comes with any project that matters to you

• Chunk, link, and sequence your ideas down to doable parts

• Use the Five Project Rule to prioritize your daily schedule and be at peace with the work you choose not to do

• Fly through drag points-how to deal with head trash, no-win scenarios, and other people's priorities

• Heatmap your schedule so you do the right work at the right time

• Overcome cascades, logjams, and tar pits-the three ways projects routinely get stuck

• Finish strong-celebrate, review, and ride the momentum to your next goal



You are not incapable, wired to struggle, or fated to be unable to get your act together. With a few key steps, you can change the way you show up, how you plan, and how you respond when things get tough.



You can Start Finishing the work that matters most to you.



Includes original contributions from Seth Godin, Susan Piver, Jonathan Fields, James Clear, and many other teachers.

A renowned productivity expert helps you convert your most meaningful goals into finished projects.
Charlie Gilkey

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 known as a thought leader on productivity, planning, strategy, and leadership for creative people. Charlie is the author of The Small Business Life Cycle and is widely cited in outlets such as Inc., Time, Forbes, the Guardian, Lifehacker, and more. He's also an Army veteran and near-PhD in philosophy. For more, visit productiveflourishing.com.

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  • Adult Nonfiction
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