{"id":1230,"date":"2015-02-06T08:56:36","date_gmt":"2015-02-06T08:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/podcast\/?p=1230"},"modified":"2015-03-06T12:57:16","modified_gmt":"2015-03-06T12:57:16","slug":"023-charlie-gilkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/podcast\/023-charlie-gilkey\/","title":{"rendered":"ICP 023 Charlie Gilkey on Delivering Epic Experiences with Creative Giants (Part One)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Why writing or blogging about your art might be a bad idea&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Listen<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"player_container player-1230\" ><div class=\"spp_player_textabove\"><b>  <\/b><\/div><div id=\"sm2-1230\" class=\"playercontent sm2-bar-ui compact flat full-width full-width-player\"><div class=\"bd sm2-main-controls\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sm2-inline-element sm2-button-element\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sm2-button-bd\" 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href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/inspirationalcreatives\/ICP023-charlie-gilkey.mp3\">Right Click Here To Download This Episode Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Scroll down for detailed episode notes and quick access timings<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><strong>In this episode you&#8217;ll learn:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Your first step towards effective marketing<\/li>\n<li>Charlie&#8217;s four power tips to boost your creative productivity<\/li>\n<li>The challenges for many Mompreneurs and ambitious women<\/li>\n<li>Why you must start finishing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/charlie-gilkey.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/charlie-gilkey-300x300.png\" alt=\"Charlie Gilkey profile picture\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/charlie-gilkey.png 300w, https:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/charlie-gilkey-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>Charlie Gilkey is a coach, a speaker, a strategist and forward-thinker who writes with great wisdom and has taught many artists and entrepreneurs how to master their business. With deep experience in the army as a logistics office, and as an academic having studied philosophy, Charlie has a knack of interpreting complex systems and processes into simple strategies, models and prose.<\/p>\n<p>In this episode of Inspirational Creatives, the first of a two-part series with Charlie, the real challenges of being a successful creative entrepreneur are explored. Covering topics, not limited to, socialisation, shipping and finding purpose, you&#8217;ll hear about what BBQs can teach you about marketing and why writing about your art might not be your best idea yet.<\/p>\n<p>Find Part 2 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/podcast\/025-charlie-gilkey\/\" title=\"ICP 025 Charlie Gilkey on Delivering Epic Experiences with Creative Giants (Part 2)\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/ctt.ec\/Hy2M1\" title=\"Click to Tweet\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Flourishing is what we&#8217;re out to do\u2026the pinnacle of human development.&#8221; &#8211; Charlie Gilkey<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><strong>Items mentioned in this episode (quick access):<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Creative beginnings<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>[0:00:42]<\/span> Rob introduces Charlie.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:01:29]<\/span> Charlie shares some of his background. Being in the army. Academia.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:02:11]<\/span> Charlie talks about when he was young and how he didn&#8217;t think he was creative.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:02:22]<\/span> Charlie talks about his brother, a phenomenal illustrator and musician. Growing up under his brother&#8217;s shadow.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Problem solving<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>[0:02:42]<\/span> Practical pursuits. Maths, science and engineering.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:03:40]<\/span> Becoming a philosopher in college. Reading and writing volumes.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:03:50]<\/span> Waking up one day and realising &#8220;I&#8217;m good at that\u2026&#8221; It wasn&#8217;t until Charlie was deep into the foundations of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.productiveflourishing.com\/\" title=\"Productive Flourishing\" target=\"_blank\">Productive Flourishing<\/a> that he acknowledged the type of creativity that he had that was useful.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:04:21]<\/span> Charlie talks about taking an idea and creating a frame-work or road-map as it&#8217;s own type of art.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;There are things that you are good at but you don&#8217;t know you are good at&#8230; and you don&#8217;t value them so you don&#8217;t really pay attention to them.&#8221; &#8211; Charlie Gilkey<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Productive Flourishing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>[0:04:35]<\/span> Rob asks Charlie about the time he came up with the idea for Productive Flourishing.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:04:49]<\/span> Charlie mentions Stephen Covey&#8217;s <em>7 Habits<\/em> and David Allen&#8217;s <em>Getting Things Done<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:05:20]<\/span> Flourishing being the pinnacle of human development.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:05:40]<\/span> Using one&#8217;s skills and expertise and using them in some purposeful way to thrive..<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/ctt.ec\/9Pd5c\" title=\"Click to Tweet\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others&#8230;&#8221; &#8211; Mahatma Gandhi<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span>[0:06:05]<\/span> Rob asks Charlie what steps can people take to find their own purpose.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:06:11]<\/span> Looking for capital &#8216;P&#8217; purpose. Looking for little &#8216;p&#8217; purpose.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:06:40]<\/span> It&#8217;s not actually the thing you create, more the act of creating. Other times to be of use to people. Positive changes in life.<\/p>\n<p><strong>P for purpose<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>[0:06:50]<\/span> How to free yourself from the pressure of purpose.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:08:00]<\/span> Rob asks Charlie if we over complicate things. <\/p>\n<p><span>[0:08:12]<\/span> Creative people have this love \/ hate relationship with simplicity. Chasing simplicity. If something is too simple we reject it.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:08:30]<\/span> Myths around creativity, results and profundity.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:08:43]<\/span> Steven Pressfield <em>War of Art<\/em> is mentioned. Effortless art.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:08:55]<\/span> The more you operate from the intuitive not thinking space, the more powerful your work is. The duality that creatives have to live with.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/ctt.ec\/3Z4yr\" title=\"Click to Tweet\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;If you&#8217;re making progress everyday and you&#8217;re doing the things that \u2026 make you come alive\u2026 what the hell else do you need?&#8221; &#8211; Charlie Gilkey<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Flow<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>[0:09:19]<\/span> Seth Godin&#8217;s &#8220;mundane prolificness.&#8221; Ships so much. Being really good at his art. High success rate.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:01]<\/span><span>[0:09]<\/span> Why peak performing creatives have continual &#8216;prolificness&#8217; that allow their true success to bubble up to the top.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/ctt.ec\/cGeyr\" title=\"Click to Tweet\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;The artist will always remember the stuff that was crap.&#8221; &#8211; Charlie Gilkey<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span>[0:10:45]<\/span> Negativity bias. Why when you&#8217;re not shipping, your negativity bias weighs so much on you&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:11:10]<\/span> Continual detachment. Sinking into the pocket of your talents. Charlie talks about your signature voice.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:11:46]<\/span> Rob asks Charlie for his top tips on how to ship frequently.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:12:19]<\/span> Charlie talks about looking at his <em>Creative Giants<\/em> back-list. &#8220;Those people that finished, started.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/ctt.ec\/N50j2\" title=\"Click to Tweet\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Good enough and done is better than perfect and pending\u2026&#8221; &#8211; Charlie Gilkey<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Four power tips to boost your productivity<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>[0:12:47]<\/span> Honouring your own creative methods.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:13:37]<\/span> Why going with the thing that you&#8217;re naturally good at will give you momentum. Part of flourishing is mastery. Why it&#8217;s a lot harder to master something you&#8217;re not good at.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why writing is unnatural<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>[0:13:53]<\/span> We live in a heavily literate society. Bias towards smart people writing.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:14:35]<\/span> Why honouring your muse and your methods will help you get stuff out of the door.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:15:10]<\/span> Working with clients that are application developers.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:15:29]<\/span> &#8220;You deliver an experience\u2026&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Delivering an experience<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>[0:15:37]<\/span> Why writing about your art may not be the best idea.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:16:20]<\/span> Why your art is like the BBQ marketing method. Open the windows and the product sells itself. Starting that relationship. Continually experiencing your art.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:16:57]<\/span> The first step in a marketing process. Why you sales are going to be so much harder.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:17:20]<\/span> Rob ask Charlie where confidence to show up comes from.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/ctt.ec\/dIXfU\" title=\"Click to Tweet\">&#8220;Writing about music is like dancing about architecture&#8230;&#8221; &#8211;  Elvis Costello<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Fear of rejection and accepting mediocrity<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>[0:17:40]<\/span> The two true reasons people can&#8217;t face rejection: the easy story and the true story.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:17:45]<\/span> Why artists are in fear of creating something strange, weird or remarkable.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:18:28]<\/span> Most of the excuses you told yourself are false. Charlie stresses why you have to take responsibility for personal choices.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/ctt.ec\/lxaUL\" title=\"Click to Tweet\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;If you want people to experience your art\u2026show them your art\u2026don&#8217;t tell them about your art.&#8221; &#8211; Charlie Gilkey<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Mompreneurs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>[0:19:30]<\/span> Success. When women become successful creatives it alters relationships and family dynamics. Socialisation challenges for ambitious women.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:20:53]<\/span> Women have a different conversation in their personal relationships. Mom guilt. Your mother and grandmother did not live in the world that you live in.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:21:40]<\/span> Masculine provider impulse. Taking creative risks.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:22:10]<\/span> Asking which bit of our identity and value set is being tugged at. Rejection.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Values, identity and the super version of you<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>[0:22:53]<\/span> Soft side concept: mind, heart, brain. Informs. Commands.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:23:22]<\/span> Not having the capability. Needing tool after tool after tool.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:23:39]<\/span> Hard side concept: muscles, bones. Plans. Strategies. Tools.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/ctt.ec\/iUyp4\" title=\"Click to Tweet\">&#8220;That&#8217;s the thing about creativity\u2026you have to be functionally delusional&#8221; &#8211; Charlie Gilkey<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>What Subway sandwich artists know about creativity and productivity<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>[0:24:35]<\/span> The reason creativity is so hard.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:25:19]<\/span> White board thinking. Starting over.<\/p>\n<p><span>[0:25:23]<\/span> Rob asks Charlie about a time he dealt with rejection.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;You have to believe that you are that one person, out of hundred, that&#8217;s actually going to make a go of it.&#8221; &#8211; Charlie Gilkey<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/inspirationalcreatives\/ICP023-charlie-gilkey.mp3\">Right Click Here To Download This Episode Now<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Links and resources:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.productiveflourishing.com\/\" title=\"Productive Flourishing\" target=\"_blank\">Productive Flourishing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.productiveflourishing.com\/the-creative-giant-show\/\" title=\"Charlie's Creative Giant Show\" target=\"_blank\">Creative Giant Podcast<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.productiveflourishing.com\/free-planners\/\" title=\"Charlie's free planners\" target=\"_blank\">Charlie&#8217;s free planners<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>People and books mentioned in this episode:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sethgodin.com\/sg\/\" title=\"Seth Godin\" target=\"_blank\">Seth Godin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pamelaslim.com\/\" title=\"Pamela Slim website\" target=\"_blank\">Pamela Slim<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/0684858398\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1634&#038;creative=6738&#038;creativeASIN=0684858398&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=inspiracreati-21&#038;linkId=NAGG3EMPGZAZG573\" title=\"Stephen Covey 7 Habits\" target=\"_blank\">Stephen Covey&#8217;s <em>7 Habits<\/em><\/a>*<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/0749922648\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1634&#038;creative=6738&#038;creativeASIN=0749922648&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=inspiracreati-21&#038;linkId=JH6ZIGGY74IF6Y2B\" title=\"David Allen's Getting Things Done\" target=\"_blank\">David Allen&#8217;s <em>Getting Things Done<\/em><\/a>*<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1wLzXk0\" title=\"Steven Pressfield\" target=\"_blank\">Steven Pressfield&#8217;s <em>War of Art<\/em><\/a>*<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>If you enjoyed this podcast, you&#8217;ll also like:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/podcast\/001-greg-hartle\/\" title=\"ICP 001 Greg Hartle on Solving Problems with Curiosity, Resilience and Grit\">Greg Hartle on Solving Problems with Curiosity, Resilience and Grit<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/podcast\/003-pamela-slim\/\" title=\"ICP 003 Pam Slim on Storytelling, Creative Writing and Childhood\">Pam Slim on Storytelling, Creative Writing and Childhood<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/podcast\/007-michael-bungay-stanier\/\" title=\"ICP 007 Michael Bungay Stanier on Building Lasting Habits (In Less Than 60 Seconds)\">Michael Bungay Stanier on Building Lasting Habits (In Less Than 60 Seconds)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/podcast\/012-start-a-living-you-love\/\" title=\"How To Start A Creative Business You Love\">How To Start A Creative Business You Love<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/podcast\/021-sarah-kathleen-peck\/\" title=\"ICP 021 Sarah Kathleen Peck on The Power of Solitude In Our Hyper-connected World\">Sarah Kathleen Peck on The Power of Solitude In Our Hyper-connected World<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/podcast\/024-charlie-gilkey-strategic-planning\/\" title=\"ICP 024 Charlie Gilkey Explains Why Strategic Planning Is Painful For Creative People\">Charlie Explains Why Strategic Planning Is Painful For Creative People<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/podcast\/025-charlie-gilkey\/\" title=\"ICP 025 Charlie Gilkey on Delivering Epic Experiences with Creative Giants (Part 2)\">Charlie Gilkey on Delivering Epic Experiences with Creative Giants (Part 2)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Thanks for listening<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>If you enjoyed the show, please share your honest review with others on iTunes by clicking <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/itunes\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> and rating the show. 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