Charlie Gilkey > Quotes

“Whatever your best work is, it’s something that only you can do. Only you have the set of experiences, expertise, skills, and perspectives to do it. In this great orchestra of creation of which we’re all a part, no one can play your instrument the way you do.”
― Charlie Gilkey, Start Finishing: How to Go from Idea to Done

“The only thing that’s unique about the people who stand up and move forward is that they stand up and move forward.”
― Charlie Gilkey, Start Finishing: How to Go from Idea to Done

“As with all dead things, holding onto it won’t keep it alive or change the fact that it’s useful time has come and gone. Hanging onto dead stuff has a higher psychic cost than most of us realize; in time, dead stuff does what trash and dead things do – it stinks”
― Charlie Gilkey, Living the Good Life

“Sticking to the known and safe path doesn’t require nearly as much courage, discipline, and vision.”
― Charlie Gilkey, Start Finishing: How to Go from Idea to Done

“market demand exceeds your ability to deliver.”
― Charlie Gilkey, The Small Business Lifecycle

“Que los equipos funcionen bien o mal no depende exactamente de las personas dentro de ellos. Depende de cómo están trabajando en conjunto.”
― Charlie Gilkey, Hábitos de equipo: Cómo conseguir resultados extraordinarios con pequeñas acciones

“Las personas por sí mismas no crean valor, sino las interacciones entre ellas, ya sea en forma de resultados, innovación, ingresos, bienes, servicios o experiencias.”
― Charlie Gilkey, Hábitos de equipo: Cómo conseguir resultados extraordinarios con pequeñas acciones

“The world has an annoying way of not doing what we want it to, but as the thirteenth-century Persian poet Rumi said, “Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”
― Charlie Gilkey, Start Finishing: How to Go from Idea to Done

“Thousands of dollars in wasted team hours and daily #FML moments are hinging on a $500 decision or fifteen-minute action.”
― Charlie Gilkey, Team Habits: How Small Actions Lead to Extraordinary Results

“YOU KNOW YOU’RE NOT WORKING ON WHAT MATTERS MOST”
― Charlie Gilkey, Start Finishing: How to Go from Idea to Done

“Our best work is a representation of our internal character, competency, and excellence.”
― Charlie Gilkey, Start Finishing: How to Go from Idea to Done

“The gift of failure is that it reveals what matters to you, shows you when you’re out of alignment, and reveals a growth edge.”
― Charlie Gilkey, Start Finishing: How to Go from Idea to Done

“En todas esas experiencias observaba un mismo patrón: los líderes y unidades más exitosos fueron aquellos que se centraban en lo que muchos verían como minucias.”
― Charlie Gilkey, Hábitos de equipo: Cómo conseguir resultados extraordinarios con pequeñas acciones

“Failure is inevitable, and if you’re not failing and making the occasional bad decision, you’re not doing your best work.”
― Charlie Gilkey, Start Finishing: How to Go from Idea to Done

“It’s sometimes useful to figure out how you can make a living by doing your best work, but your best work may not lend itself to being an economic engine. This doesn’t make it any less meaningful, valuable, or important, for not everything that’s meaningful, valuable, or important is tradable in the marketplace or will be “bought” enough to create a living for yourself.”
― Charlie Gilkey, Start Finishing: How to Go from Idea to Done

“Lewis Carroll said, “If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there.”
― Charlie Gilkey, Start Finishing: How to Go from Idea to Done

“Los equipos son la unidad básica de creación de valor de los negocios y las organizaciones.”
― Charlie Gilkey, Hábitos de equipo: Cómo conseguir resultados extraordinarios con pequeñas acciones