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 […]
Virtue
Why Business Is Never Just Business
While there’s much that could be said about last night’s Presidential Debate, the thread that’s most pulling at me today is about Donald Trump’s dismissal of Hillary Clinton’s points regarding how he’s […]
Are You Taking the Steps to Live King's Dream?
[If you’re reading this in email or RSS, you may need to click through to watch the video.] Tastefully edited transcript below: Hi. I’m Charlie Gilkey from Productive Flourishing. I want to […]
You’re Better Than You Were Last Year
I think of life as a good book. The further you get into it, the more it begins to make sense. – Harold Kushner You’re better than you were last year. You’ve […]
The Value of the Abundance Mindset in Small Business
[Note from Charlie: Ashley has been working with us since March and this is her first post on the blog. I happened to see her comment to a class participant about this […]
Empty Your Boat to Increase Your Happiness
If a man is crossing a river And an empty boat collides with his own skiff, Even though he be a bad-tempered man He will not become angry. But if he sees […]
Your Words Create What You Experience
We often overlook how powerful our words are for creating what we experience. I was thinking about this earlier this week when I just about violated Agreement #1 from Don Miguel Ruiz’s […]
Two Concepts of Freedom
Editor’s note: I recorded this as a podcast long after I originally published this post. I hope you enjoy it, and if you’d like to hear more episodes of the Productive Flourishing podcast, you’ll find them […]
The Last 15%
The difference between good performance and excellent performance comes down to the last 15% of the activity. It doesn’t matter what domain of our lives we’re considering – the rule is still there. It’s […]
Lead the Dance with the Universe
I was talking to a client the other day who kept making references to the Big Project that came her way that would radically change her trajectory. All she needed was just […]
Receiving the Good Word
I walked down the steps into my gym’s large hot tub, ready to continue sinking into the zen state I was in from a restorative session. The water’s heat and movement took […]
How Not To Show Up Like An A-List Blogger
I’ve had trouble with what this website has been about since the start. This trouble has come in two stripes; one stripe has been talking about what it’s about to others and […]
Worrying About What You’ll Be When You Grow Up Is Pointless
A woman in her mid-50s in a local group I’m in stood up and admitted, “I still don’t know what I’m going to be when I grow up!” She was clearly frustrated […]
Fallow
You may have noticed that I’ve been especially quiet for a while. I thought I’d check in and let you know some of what’s been going on. At the end of August, […]
You Can Never Step Into The Same River Twice
This video post discusses a popularization of an idea attributed to Heraclitus: “You could not step twice into the same river; for other waters are ever flowing on to you.” [If you’re […]
You Don’t Have To Be Public About Everything
One of the things Tim Sanders – one of my favorite speakers and mentors-from-afar – spoke about at SOBCon was the need for employers to give privacy back to their employees. There’s […]
We’re Meant For More Than Selling and Making Money
A recent email conversation with an old comrade has me a bit unsettled. He and I shared our journey as entrepreneurs for a good bit but we ultimately took different routes. My […]
A Poem About Resistance
This one isn’t by me – it’s by Jermaine Lane, a Lift Offian who exudes hope and a passion for living that’s both infectious and exhilarating. Here’s an excerpt from his poem […]