Charlie Gilkey is the author of Start Finishing: How To Go From Idea To Done. An Army veteran and near Ph.D. in philosophy, Charlie is the founder of Productive Flourishing, a company that helps professional creatives, leaders, and change-makers take meaningful action on work matters. He’s widely cited in outlets such as Inc. Magazine, Time, Forbes, The Guardian, Life Hacker, and more and his work will help you discover the path from the ideas in your head to the actions you take in your daily life and how to go about getting things done.

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Charlie Gilkey and I Discuss How to Get Things Done and…
His book, Start Finishing: How To Go From Idea To Done
How kindness towards others often brings out the best in everyone
The Tao Te Ching
Focusing on your input and letting go of the results
We don’t just improve by thinking about things, we improve by doing them
Creative constipation breeds toxicity 
We’re either creating something or destroying something
We don’t do ideas, we do projects
How doing our best work is often really hard
The myth: if it’s meant to be for us, it’s supposed to be easy
The myth that if it doesn’t come easy for you, you shouldn’t do it
Doing something until you’re good enough at it to decide whether or not you want to continue doing it
The 5 things that get in the way of doing our best work
Head Trash: Doesn’t matter if a thought is true or not – it matters if we believe it or not
The problem with automatically believing our thoughts
How discipline limits decision fatigue
How action expresses priority

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Charlie Gilkey is&nbsp;the author of&nbsp;Start Finishing: How To Go From Idea To Done. An Army veteran and near Ph.D. in philosophy, Charlie is the founder of Productive Flourishing, a company that helps professional creatives, leaders, and change-makers take meaningful action on work matters.&nbsp;He’s widely cited in outlets such as Inc. Magazine, Time, Forbes, The Guardian, Life Hacker, and more and his work will help you discover the path from the ideas in your head to the actions you take in your daily life and how to go about getting things done.But wait – there’s more! The episode is not quite over!! We continue the conversation and you can access this exclusive content right in your podcast player feed.&nbsp;<a href="https://oneyoufeed.net/support" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Head over to our Patreon page and pledge to donate just $10 a month.&nbsp;</a>It’s that simple and we’ll give you good stuff as a thank you!Charlie Gilkey and I Discuss How to Get Things Done and…<ul><li>His book,&nbsp;<a href="https://bookshop.org/a/16850/9781683642633" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Start Finishing: How To Go From Idea To Done</a></li><li>How kindness towards others often brings out the best in everyone</li><li>The Tao Te Ching</li><li>Focusing on your input and letting go of the results</li><li>We don’t just improve by thinking about things, we improve by doing them</li><li>Creative constipation breeds toxicity&nbsp;</li><li>We’re either creating something or destroying something</li><li>We don’t do ideas, we do projects</li><li>How doing our best work is often really hard</li><li>The myth: if it’s meant to be for us, it’s supposed to be easy</li><li>The myth that if it doesn’t come easy for you, you shouldn’t do it</li><li>Doing something until you’re good enough at it to decide whether or not you want to continue doing it</li><li>The 5 things that get in the way of doing our best work</li><li>Head Trash: Doesn’t matter if a thought is true or not – it matters if we believe it or not</li><li>The problem with automatically believing our thoughts</li><li>How discipline limits decision fatigue</li><li>How action expresses priority</li></ul>Charlie Gilkey Links:<a href="https://www.productiveflourishing.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Charlie’s Website</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/productiveflourishing/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a><a href="https://twitter.com/charliegilkey/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ProductiveFlourishing" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a>Upstart: The fast and easy way to get a personal loan to consolidate, lower your interest rate, and pay off your debt. Go to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.upstart.com/wolf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.upstart.com/wolf</a>If you enjoyed this conversation with Charlie Gilkey, you might also enjoy these other episodes:<a href="https://www.oneyoufeed.net/chris-bailey/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Chris Bailey on Focus, Productivity, and Meditation</a><a href="https://www.oneyoufeed.net/david-kadavy/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">David Kadavy on Getting Started</a>

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Charlie Gilkey on How to Get Things Done

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