What is it about the items on your to-do list that make them so impossible to actually do? Working in ministry comes with a unique set of challenges when it comes to efficiency… and your never-ending list of responsibilities is just…
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If you talk to most leaders today—young leaders, older leaders, and pretty much everyone in between, they’re tired. Fatigued. Exhausted. Depleted. If you talk to most leaders today—young leaders, older leaders, and pretty much everyone in between, they’re tired. Fatigued.…
Four Thousand Weeks author, Oliver Burkeman, talks about what’s wrong with traditional time management strategies, how being a productivity geek had a counterproductive result in his life, why knowing you have 4,000 weeks to live can bring hope and peace,…
Time famine is a big challenge for leaders. No matter how much your organization grows or declines, how many staff quit or join, how many upset people you have to deal with, or how insane the world gets, you only…
Jordan Raynor—a serial entrepreneur and father of three young kids—talks about why so many leaders are too distracted to make a difference. He talks about how to strategically ditch your phone, escape the Kingdom of Noise, get a break from…
How many productive hours a day do you have in you? It’s a more important question than you might think. When I was starting out in leadership, I might have answered that by saying eight or ten. Or twelve. What…
If you took an honest look at the pace that you’re currently living at, could you do it forever? Would you want to? For most people, the answer is no. Fifteen years ago, I thought the answer to that question…
Andy Stanley flips the mic this time on the podcast as he and Carey discuss productivity secrets, what happens to leaders under stress, and what you can do to stop other people from hijacking your priorities. Plus, Andy shares the…
Cal Newport, author of Deep Work and Digital Minimalism, talks about his latest project (A World Without Email) on how to create much higher productivity at work by getting rid of the tyranny of email and apps like Slack. Cal…