{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"What Works","title":"EP 241: Finishing What You Start With Start Finishing Author Charlie Gilkey","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3021,"description":"\n\n\n\n\nThe Nitty-Gritty:\n\n\n\n* Start Finishing author Charlie Gilkey explains the relationship between resilience and finishing the projects and plans we start* Why tensions like mastery versus growth, structure versus novelty, and serving ourselves versus serving others make it harder to reach our goals* How vulnerability and little “c” courage can help us achieve bigger, more meaningful results* What Charlie coaches his clients through when they fail to reach an important outcome\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe all procrastinate, avoid, and hesitate from time to time.\n\n\n\nIf you’ve ever stared at an empty email trying to figure out the exact right thing to say…\n\n\n\nIf you’ve ever avoided a networking event because you weren’t sure how everyone else was going to be dressed or whether you’d feel like you belonged there…\n\n\n\nIf you’ve ever hesitated to share your thoughts in a comment because you didn’t know how you’d be received…\n\n\n\nWell, you and I have a lot in common.\n\n\n\nMaybe your list isn’t the same as mine. Maybe there are other variables or scenarios that send your mind swirling.\n\n\n\nRegardless, life is full of those moments when we procrastinate, avoid, and hesitate because we’re not exactly sure what will come next.\n\n\n\nBusiness is full of those moments, too.\n\n\n\nToday, I invited my dear friend Charlie Gilkey back on the show to talk about the subject of his new book, Start Finishing: How To Go From Idea To Done. It’s perfect for this month we’re spending on resilience.\n\n\n\nYou see, Start Finishing, sounds like a book on productivity—and it is. But it’s the kind of productivity book that only a philosopher could write. And this is the kind of interview on productivity, decision-making, planning, and doing your best work that only a philosopher could give.\n\n\n\nIf you don’t know Charlie already, let me give you a bit of background. Charlie is a PhD candidate in philosophy at the University of Nebraska. He was a logistics officer in the Army National Guard and was deployed in Iraq. He’s...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/AmfGeDL96-fhMaeOcqmX7TK_eWrvTLco6OJj2QpZtZI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80NGUx/OWY5ZDg1M2E5MmU3/ZjEwOWVmNDM3MWVh/ZjZlOS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}