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When Thinking Outside the Box Gets Counterproductive

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Charlie Gilkey is an author, business advisor, and podcaster who teaches people how to start finishing what matters most. Very few solutions that endure are broken through-and-through, and focusing on the right 15% difference is sometimes all you need to do. Head starts are a good thing.

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3 Ways to Avoid Losing Your Creative Time to Digital Distractions

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Charlie Gilkey is an author, business advisor, and podcaster who teaches people how to start finishing what matters most. As always, firewall your creative time as much as possible and consider separating distraction-prone tasks into blocks of time when you can be distracted without displacing your deep creative time.

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Why Today Is the Perfect Day to Start Something New

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Charlie Gilkey is an author, business advisor, and podcaster who teaches people how to start finishing what matters most. Tomorrow is the next best starting day, as long as ‘tomorrow’ isn’t your own code word for “never.” Life is short enough as it is.

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What to Do If You’re Feeling Scattered

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Charlie Gilkey is an author, business advisor, and podcaster who teaches people how to start finishing what matters most. The next time you’re feeling scattered, I hope this post helps you get as focused as you need to be to get some momentum going.

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Is Your Strategic Roadmap Too Ambitious?

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Charlie Gilkey is an author, business advisor, and podcaster who teaches people how to start finishing what matters most. I shared this in the Creative Giant Campfire on Facebook and thought you might want to see it, too. Join us there for more conversations, prompts, and delightful randomness.

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The Benefits of Constraints

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Charlie Gilkey is an author, business advisor, and podcaster who teaches people how to start finishing what matters most. We often think we’re too constrained to be able to start or finish the stuff that matters. Click here to get more tools that’ll help you be a productive, flourishing co-creator of a better tomorrow.

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How to Unplug From Your Work So You Can Recharge

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Charlie Gilkey is an author, business advisor, and podcaster who teaches people how to start finishing what matters most. Click here to get more tools that’ll help you be a productive, flourishing co-creator of a better tomorrow.

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