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Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

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Speaker 1: Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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Speaker 1: Today's tip, just like yesterday's, comes from my friend Charlie Gilki.

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Speaker 1: His new book, Start Finishing, shares tips on how to

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Speaker 1: go from idea to done. The message you wanted to

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Speaker 1: share with Before Breakfast listeners is that we should be

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Speaker 1: strategic about choosing which ideas to work on. That's the

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Speaker 1: secret to finishing what we start. This can be challenging

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Speaker 1: because if you're the sort of productive person who's listening

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Speaker 1: to this podcast, you probably have all sorts of ideas

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Speaker 1: you'd like to try out. As Charlie writes in his book,

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Speaker 1: to get some headway with your best work, you have

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Speaker 1: to fight the natural inclination to work on all the

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Speaker 1: things you've hidden away in that closet. You know how

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Speaker 1: this goes. You have a long list of two dus,

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Speaker 1: and when you start pondering a big project, all those

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Speaker 1: little to do is start calling out for attention. As

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Speaker 1: Charlie writes, the stuff that's currently on our list is

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Speaker 1: there for a reason, and if it were so easy

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Speaker 1: to let go of, we would have done it already.

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Speaker 1: So instead you must decide from the get go that

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Speaker 1: you're just going to let some of those ideas go.

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Speaker 1: And let's not pretend as if the choice of letting

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Speaker 1: some of those projects and ideas go is primarily a

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Speaker 1: mental activity. It's an emotional activity. Your soul, emotions, and

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Speaker 1: creative energy are all tied up in those ideas. To

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Speaker 1: help with this emotional work of letting go, Charlie suggests

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Speaker 1: an exercise. He says, list all of the ideas and

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Speaker 1: projects you want to do, including personal, household and work projects, travel,

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Speaker 1: sorting your finances, are getting a puppy all count. Once

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Speaker 1: you have the list, start asking yourself the following questions.

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Speaker 1: One which of the items wouldn't actually hurt at all

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Speaker 1: if you cut them? Two? Which of the items would

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Speaker 1: you feel relieved to no longer be carrying? Three? Which

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Speaker 1: of the items are shoulds or items that are related

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Speaker 1: to O p P. That is, other people's priorities, but

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Speaker 1: you don't see how they'll directly lead to your thriving

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Speaker 1: Four Which of the items are good ideas but don't

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Speaker 1: relate to something that frustrates, annoys, angers, inspires, nourishes, or

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Speaker 1: calls to you. Once you've ruthlessly gone through this list,

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Speaker 1: Charlie suggests, being honest with yourself, we can always say, well,

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Speaker 1: I'll work on that video series when things calm down

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Speaker 1: early next year. But come on, when have things ever

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Speaker 1: calmed down? You will always be busy, you will always

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Speaker 1: have new ideas, and you will always have new opportunities.

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Speaker 1: You are not going to discover some magical font of

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Speaker 1: inspiration that is inaccessible to you now, So instead, do

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Speaker 1: something radical, Charlie writes, eliminate those items rather than differ

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Speaker 1: and put them back in the closet later. Better to

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Speaker 1: be focused than to flail now or in the future.

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Speaker 1: Release the less important items and prepare to feel mentally

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Speaker 1: free in the meantime. This is Laura. Thanks for listening,

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Speaker 1: and here's to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody,

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Speaker 1: I'd love to hear from you. You can send me

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Speaker 1: your tips, your questions, or anything else. Just connect with

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