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by Charlie Gilkey (Author)
Awards for Start Finishing:
- Publishers Weekly Fall 2019 Top 10 Business and Economics Books
- Book Authority Best New Book in (the categories of) Time Management, Success, Productivity, and Goal Setting
- Kirkus Reviews Top Indie Book
- Montaigne Medal Finalist
- Independent Publisher Book Award 2020: Silver Award for Business/Careers/Sales
- Eric Hoffer Book Award 2020: Grand Prize
- 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 tarpits--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.
Author Biography
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.
