Category: Productivity

5 Simple Ways to Get Ahead of Your Work Week

We’ve talked before about the fact that there’s no such thing as an ideal work week. Especially in ministry, there are going to be emergencies, crises, meetings that can’t wait, and situations outside of our...

How (and Why) to Mise en Place Your First-Time Guest Workstation (part one)

Disclaimer #1: this post is only for the super-nerds, the people driven by processes, and the detail-oriented among us. If your happy place is a cluttered junk drawer, just skip it. It’s too much. You’ll...

Three Things I’ve Learned By Tracking Work Hours

At one time or another, all of us are prone to overwork and addicted to busyness. It could mean that we’re hyper-focused on an actual paid job, or it could be that we’re really jazzed...

When You Run Out of Time, You Run Out of Options

Whether you’re planning an event, cranking out a project, checking off your to-do list, or checking in with a long-lost friend, more time always equals more options. Our frenetic, fast-paced, move-on-to-the-next-thing culture robs us of...

Most vs. Best

All of the productivity in the world doesn’t necessarily produce a good end product. Working extra hours and giving extra effort doesn’t necessarily mean our tasks contain that “little extra.” Taking on too many things...

6 Reasons You Should Keep a Master Purchase List

If you’re in any leadership role, you’re eventually going to be handed a budget or a credit card or a checkbook (kids: ask your parents) and told to go on a shopping spree. Whether it’s...

Getting to Inbox Zero…With Multiple Inboxes

I’m a fan of inbox zero. I believe that you should get to inbox zero or get out of the ministry. I’ve shared tips to slay your inbox. But just as physical inboxes were mostly...

What If Our Commute is a Gift of Time?

I have a 25 minute drive to and from work. On this morning’s drive in, my brain drifted to the current work patterns of government workers in a war-torn country (because that’s what my brain...

Get Focus(ed)

Like many of you, I am easily distracted by bright and shiny thi- SQUIRREL! And like many of you, the iDevice is one of the most common offenders. It’s a double-edged sword, because there are...

How I Use Asana for Event Templates

In a recent post I sang the praises of Asana, our team’s task and project management system. In that post, I mentioned that one of my favorite features is the ability to use templates as...

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