Ore Chinois

from theory to tactics, most useful book yet

Reviewed: 10-27-19

I can't say enough about Charlie Gilkey's Start...Finishing though it is not the book I expected and that's a very good thing.

In the personal development genre, there seem to be a majority of books that present an interesting theory, very well articulated, that then under delivers as a usable program for executing that theory. Often times, this a function of an idea that doesn't translate into anything new on the execution side or an author who is not in the practice of doing the practice of delivering, certainly not at the level where they are masters of delivery. Often they are masters of teaching others to deliver.

This is not one of those books.

Charlie Gilkey has much practice in the approach he recommends. This book is a manual that presents a a solid, distinct methodology for getting your most important work done. It is based on years of Gilkey using this approach himself and he is the first one to point out where he has faced challenges in execution and where you should watch out as well. This book is dense from start to finish. There is humility in Gilkey's approach and he speaks often of the practical challenges of being over committed. Not in a preachy sort of way, but rather by showing what it looks like to add new goals on top of what you are already committed to.

If there is one critique, is that maybe this material is better presented visually, rather than in an audiobook. Still, I find this format easy to consume, especially when I want to revisit a topic.

Think of this as a workbook within a textbook, with references and links to free templates.

Well worth the investment,

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