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Charlie Gilkey

Reeling, Organizing, and Marching are All Distinct Projects

By Charlie Gilkey on June 28, 2022 Leave a Comment
Last updated on June 29, 2022

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I don’t yet have words about the Roe v. Wade ruling on Friday, so emoji will have to do: 😱🤬🖕🏽👺💪🏽✊🏽❤️ Actually, that’s not true. I have about fourteen essays in me, with […]

World Productivity Day 2022

By Charlie Gilkey on June 20, 2022 1 Comment
Last updated on June 22, 2022

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It’s World Productivity Day, and, honestly, I’ve never really known what to do for this “holiday.” It seems like one of those days that’s made up just to sell something or have […]

Before the Crisis, There Was Abundance

By Charlie Gilkey on June 14, 2022 Leave a Comment

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A recent conversation with Steven Kotler for the podcast (coming soon, y’all) added some additional heat to some of the slow-cooking thoughts I’ve had on abundance over the last couple of quarters. […]

How Much Is Indecision Costing You?

By Charlie Gilkey on June 6, 2022 Leave a Comment
Last updated on June 14, 2022

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How much is indecision draining your mental and emotional energy? I don’t think we consider that question enough when we’re in a stalled decision-making scenario. Too often, we’re in a position where we’re […]

Don’t Confuse the Project with the Result

By Charlie Gilkey on May 19, 2022 Leave a Comment
Last updated on June 29, 2022

OKR

One of my executive coaching clients asked for some guidance recently to keep her company’s OKR (Objectives and Key Results) initiative from going stale. Our work together had started with an OKR […]

Is What You’re Doing Telling, Teaching, or Training?

By Charlie Gilkey on April 8, 2022 Leave a Comment
Last updated on April 13, 2022

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Lots of folks say they love “teaching,” but, in reality, they love telling. That’s mostly because they love the attention and praise that comes from telling. Telling, teaching, and training are three […]

Is Your Goal-Setting Including Your Dreams?

By Charlie Gilkey on March 18, 2022 Leave a Comment

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As you can probably imagine, I end up in a lot of goal-setting conversations with our clients, PFA members, and team. I love these conversations because of how much they reveal about […]

4 Ways to Lead in a Volatile, Uncertain, Complex & Ambiguous (VUCA) World

By Charlie Gilkey on March 4, 2022 1 Comment

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Considering the last two years of COVID, George Floyd’s death and the Black Lives Matter movement, the capitol riots, and now the war in Ukraine — it’s clear that we live in […]

10 Reasons You’re Procrastinating Right Now

By Charlie Gilkey on February 23, 2022 Leave a Comment
Last updated on March 1, 2022

Knowing what needs to be done is only part of the fuel that helps us move a project to finished. That doesn’t take into account all the underlying obstacles (many of our […]

How a Conversation with Your Past Self Shows Your Growth in the Gap

By Charlie Gilkey on February 15, 2022 Leave a Comment

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Each of us has at some point faced a scenario where we felt inadequate, or not up to the challenge. When confronted with new challenges, it’s not uncommon to doubt your ability, […]

What to Do If You’re Stuck in the New Year’s Disillusion Cycle

By Charlie Gilkey on January 28, 2022 Leave a Comment

For a lot of folks, the end of January means guilty feelings and disappointment when we realize we haven’t yet radically transformed in the three to four weeks since the New Year. […]

Block Those Notifications or How to Better Protect Your Attention Span

By Charlie Gilkey on January 19, 2022 Leave a Comment
Last updated on February 1, 2022

Do you ever get started on a project only to be interrupted five minutes later by a notification? That notification leads down a social media spiral, from which you emerge only several […]

Let the Process Be a Process — And Don’t Forget to Play

By Charlie Gilkey on January 11, 2022 1 Comment
Last updated on January 12, 2022

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When people come to me for advice, certain themes tend to come up time and again from different voices, across livelihoods, and types of projects. Whether it be business thought leaders, writers, […]

How to Push Through a Plateau

By Charlie Gilkey on November 11, 2021 1 Comment
Last updated on November 4, 2021

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Picture this: You’re on a hike, gradually going up and up and up… and it’s getting hard. Sweat is dripping down your back, your hamstrings are on fire, and you already wish […]

Stop Giving Into Imposter Syndrome and Start Giving Yourself Permission to Flourish

By Charlie Gilkey on November 9, 2021 Leave a Comment
Last updated on October 29, 2021

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What would shift for you if you spent more time doing what you’re called to do instead of asking for permission to do it?  Today’s atomic essay is about how I caught […]

We Need More Brave People, Not More Smart People

By Charlie Gilkey on November 2, 2021 Leave a Comment
Last updated on October 22, 2021

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If searching for the smartest next move is keeping you stuck, focus on your most courageous next step instead. It’s hard to outsmart a problem that’s needing more heart. There’s no shortage […]

Do You Have Trouble Moving Projects Forward?

By Charlie Gilkey on October 25, 2021 Leave a Comment
Last updated on October 14, 2021

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While it may seem like working on several projects in parallel is a good way to keep things going, we’re often better off to move fewer projects further than juggling more for […]

Do You Resist Projects That Are Easy?

By Charlie Gilkey on October 18, 2021 Leave a Comment
Last updated on October 13, 2021

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A lot of people struggle not because they can’t imagine how what they’re struggling with could be easy, but because they’re uncomfortable with it being easy. So I ask: what’s wrong with […]

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