Editor’s Note: This is a continuation of our core conversations on Charlie’s book Start Finishing. In our last conversation, Danielle LaSusa talked about the five key virtues for doing our best work. In today’s […]
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Core Conversations on Start Finishing: Curiosity Fuels the Five Key Virtues for Doing Our Best Work
Editor’s Note: This is a continuation of our core conversations on Charlie’s book Start Finishing. In our last conversation, Barb Suarez talked about honoring yourself in your new normal of parenthood. In […]
Core Conversations on Start Finishing: How to Regain a Sense of Self in Parenthood
Editor’s Note: This is a continuation of our core conversations on Charlie’s book Start Finishing. In our last conversation, Mike Ambassador Bruny talked about mentors and beneficiaries. In today’s conversation, Barb Suarez […]
5 Ways to Resist Bright Shiny Object Syndrome and Finish What You Start
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Cynthia Morris. There I was, working on final edits for my podcast writing. And then, it zoomed in — an idea for another project! Something […]
4 Reasons Why Going from Idea to Done Is So Hard
For some of us, project ideas come a dime a dozen. We’re self-starters who are motivated and idea-rich. For others, we’re able to hone in on just a handful of profound ideas […]
Core Conversations on Start Finishing: How to Find Mentors and Beneficiaries Who Work for You
Editor’s Note: This is a continuation of our core conversations on Charlie’s book Start Finishing. In our last conversation, Patricia Bravo talked about derailers. In today’s conversation, Mike Ambassador Bruny talks about […]
Core Conversations on Start Finishing: 3 More Ways to Empathetically Work with Derailers
Editor’s Note: This is the first installment of our core conversations on Charlie’s book Start Finishing. This core conversation is a long series where we ask contributors to weigh in on a […]
School Doesn’t Teach You How to Work in Project World
In the United States, we spend somewhere between 12 and 20 years going to school, but only a tiny fraction of that time is spent learning how to work. Even when skills […]
Why Today Is the Perfect Day to Start Something New
Whenever we’re thinking about the day to start something new, we often let the calendar guide our decision about when to get going. “Next week” or “next month” is always when the […]
5 Questions to Ask Yourself That Will Help You Overcome Thrash
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Jenn Labin. Ugh, thrash. The silent productivity killer. The “I’m-busy-so-I-must-be-accomplishing-something” fallacy. How do you know if you’re guilty of thrash? In Charlie’s book Start Finishing, […]
How to Be a Productive Powerhouse Using Time Blocking
A common pitfall people have with time management is underestimating how long it takes to do something. The result is that days are hectic and cramped, projects that needed to get done […]
Are You Articulating Your Intuitive Synthesis to Your Team?
How do you learn to see what you don’t see? How do you learn to look for what you don’t know to look for? While those questions sound like something you’d hear […]
3 Ways to Avoid Losing Your Creative Time to Digital Distractions
During my interview for Cory Huff’s book launch party, I was discussing why Facebook and YouTube aren’t really interruptions — they’re digital distractions. Distractions and interruptions may be keeping you from your […]
Are Your Habits Working for You?
First we make our habits, then our habits make us. – Charles C. Noble Habits are powerful because they create defaults. If your defaults aren’t working for you, then it’s time to […]
The Benefits of Constraints
We are often frustrated by our constraints, but it turns out that constraints can be really good for us. To begin with, constraints are more effective than discipline because invoking discipline requires […]
Shake It, Don’t Break It
Editor’s note: I recorded this as a podcast for Productive Flourishing long after I originally published this post. I hope you enjoy it, and if you’d like to hear more episodes of the […]
It Hasn’t Been Done by You, for Us
But no one is asking you to be original. We’re asking you to be generous and brave and to matter. We’re asking you to step up and take responsibility for the work […]
The Benefits of Displacement
The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice. – George Eliot Displacement: everything you do displaces something else you could have done. Simple concept, right? The simplicity of the concept belies […]