How to Finish What Matters & Get More Free Time | Spotlight Convo
Good Life Project
Jonathan Fields / Acast
4.5 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 20 February 2023
⏱️ 85 minutes
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Summary
How many times have you said yes to something, started it, gotten halfway through, then either been distracted, run out of time, energy, money, ideas, motivation, or all the above? And, just kind of walk away, leaving something that could’ve been amazing unfinished? Never getting the chance to back in the I DID THAT glow of accomplishment and tell everyone around you, “hey, I DID that!” And, yes, I’m raising my hand here.
And, what about being able to do what’s important without it also taking over your life, and leaving you living reactively? Wouldn’t it be cool if there were ways, strategies, tools, processes and technology that could dramatically reduce the amount of time it takes to get things done, so you could have so much more free time to do all the other stuff you love to do? Including absolutely nothing at all?
These are the questions we’re diving into in today’s special spotlight conversation featuring conversations with Start Finishing author, Charlie Gilkey, and Free Time author, Jenny Blake. How do I not only choose and start but also finish what really matters? And, while you’re at it, how can I reimagine the way I work to create a ton more free time to do anything that lights me up?
You can find Charlie Gilkey at: Website | Instagram | Listen to Our Full-Length Convo with Charlie
You can find Jenny Blake at: Website | Free Time Podcast | Listen to Our Full-Length Convo with Jenny
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| 0:00.0 | I'm constantly feeling behind in what I call these sycophian systems of never ending inboxes. |
| 0:06.2 | So part of the free time obsession is my passion for systems and sort of geeking out about |
| 0:11.7 | organization and structure is that I think we all need help. Like we need strategies to deal with |
| 0:18.1 | the crush of the inbound. The name of the game is follow through, right? And you increase your |
| 0:23.2 | ability to finish the things that matter most, you know, you knock out those three projects of the |
| 0:29.2 | year that really, really matter. And you let the rest go. That hasn't like this compound interest |
| 0:34.0 | effect on your career. That you just don't get when you're half finishing 17 things. |
| 0:41.2 | Figuring out what really matters, what projects or adventures you want to deeply devote yourself to |
| 0:46.8 | is hard enough. Getting started can be a pre-genuine challenge too, but there's an even bigger struggle |
| 0:52.8 | when it comes to getting big meaningful things done. And that is finishing them. How many times |
| 0:58.9 | have you said yes to something started it gotten, oh, I don't know halfway through and then he |
| 1:03.6 | they're gotten distracted run out of time, money, energy, ideas, motivation, maybe all of the above |
| 1:09.5 | and just kind of walked away leaving something that could have been amazing, unfinished. |
| 1:15.1 | Never getting the chance to really just kind of kick back and say I did that in that glow of |
| 1:21.2 | accomplishment that tells everyone around you, this is what I created. And yes, by the way, |
| 1:26.7 | I'm raising my hand, I have been one of those people. And what about also being able to do what's |
| 1:32.2 | important without it taking over your life and leaving you living reactively feeling like every minute |
| 1:38.0 | of every day is scheduled and your life is so devoid of time to breathe it starts to feel almost |
| 1:43.3 | brittle like it just shatter one day. Wouldn't it be cool if there were ways, strategies, tools, |
| 1:49.3 | processes and technology that could dramatically reduce the amount of time it takes to get things done |
| 1:56.3 | so you could have so much more free time to do all the other stuff you love to do, |
| 2:00.9 | including absolutely nothing. Well, these are the questions we're diving into in today's special |
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