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Even while we are talking about tools, software, and systems, you need to remember this high and noble purpose behind it all: bringing glory to God by doing good to others.
Productivity is effectively stewarding your gifts, talents, time, energy, and enthusiasm for the good of others and the glory of God.
lurking behind most of your reasons, and mine, we will find three main culprits, three productivity thieves: laziness, busyness, and the mean combination of thorns and thistles.
If you want an excuse to be unproductive, you will inevitably find one, and if you can’t find one, you will manufacture one.
The times of busyness would then make me so worn out that I would experience a crash and convince myself I had earned the right to lay low and be inactive for a little while.
the absence of productivity or the presence of woefully diminished productivity is first a theological problem. It is a failure to understand or apply the truths God reveals in the Bible.
It is about all of life. It is about your personal life, your family life, your church life, and everything else.
Action: Choose at least one habit other than productivity that you will pursue as you read and apply this book.
Are these the right and best things for me to be doing? •Do these things fit my mission? •Are there things I can do in this area that no one else can do? •Am I especially gifted or talented in this area? •Do I bring unique value to this? •Is there someone else who could do this better than I can?
ability to make wise decisions is directly connected to my understanding of my mission.
It tells you that all of the information about one area of responsibility needs be kept with the other information about that area of responsibility, and that all of your tasks related to one project need be kept with the other tasks related to that project.
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