Frank V. here.
I'm working hard on my next book, MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION, as well as one called WHERE'S GOD? What to do when God doesn't have your back. 15 other authors have contributed to this book.
All my
subscribers (that's you) will get a complimentary copy of Where's God? when it releases. So you'll want to stay subscribed.
As in all of my work, I try to solve people's problems (those that I actually can solve).
Three main problems that many of my readers have articulated over
the years are:
(1) they feel overwhelmed, unproductive, and aren't able to manage their time well.
(2) they want to write a book, but don't know how.
(3) they want to be creative, but they're having
trouble coming up with ideas and solutions.
All of the above problems, especially how you manage your time, relates to the spiritual walk.
In
my new PROLIFIC audio program (with includes a complete written
transcript), I've unveiled all of my productivity hacks, creativity
secrets, and book-writing
methods. I also discuss how I've increased my energy levels and dropped
17 lbs. Photos of my work station and all the tools I use are also
included.
The
reason why I created PROLIFIC is because scores of people have asked me
how I've managed to produce so much content (books, courses, podcasts,
blog posts, etc.) in such a short space of time. Well, it's not by
accident. (And I actually do sleep 8
hours a night!)
I
get so much done because I employ certain methods, strategies, tools,
and techniques that allow me to be remarkably productive and increase my
creativity.
AND I'M NOT A DISCIPLINED PERSON BY NATURE.
In this update, I want to give you 3 productivity hacks that I use that you
can apply right away. There are tons more in the PROLIFIC program, which is on an early bird discount right now.
But here are 3 productivity hacks.
1. Conduct an activity audit.
This
is
based on the same principle as a financial audit, where you look at
every dollar that comes in and capture where every dollar goes to
identify areas of wasted expense.
However,
I recommend that you audit your time for an entire week. Right down
everything you do from morning until evening. Capture every hour.
It
may seem tedious, but it's important because it helps you
identify time-usage patterns as well as all activities that aren't
producing results or advancing you toward your overarching goals. After
that week, you'll discover things you're doing that you should
eliminate.
Establishing this baseline is the necessary first step toward knowing where and what to cut out of your schedule.
For
me, this exercise has resulted in eliminating
many different projects and pursuits that have freed me up to engage
other opportunities that are more tightly aligned with my goals. It's a
great exercise for being more productive.
2. Practice "tight but loose" prioritization.
I
rely on a daily task list that I prepare the afternoon or night before.
My list contains between 5-10 personal AND business tasks
intermingled together to help strike a "dynamic life balance" that's
necessary for peak productivity.
While
the tasks vary in importance, I tackle the most urgent ones first to
help stem the human tendency to procrastinate. But I take a “tight but
loose” approach when accomplishing all my other listed activities, which
means I don't constrain tasks by time but rather by motivation.
So I'll chunk large projects into manageable activity blocks that are not based on time at all. I'll work on that activity until I'm not motivated by it anymore, then I'll move on to another activity.
This
strategy ensures that I'm only applying my best ability to every
activity rather than half-hearted efforts. I'm convinced that overly
regimented schedules kill creativity and productivity. In
the PROLIFIC program, I share the exact tool I use for my daily tasks
and how I use it.
3. Know where everything is.
One of the key areas of lost productivity occurs when individuals waste time searching for important information or files.
According
to a McKinsey report from 2013,
employees spend 1.8 hours every day -- 9.3 hours per week -- searching
and gathering information. Put another way, we spend more than 20
percent of our time not contributing real value while looking for stuff.
To
eliminate needless searching for important files and project paperwork
in cabinets and piles, I have created a system that ensures that I know
where everything is. And it's within arms-reach in my
workstation.
I
also rely on time-saving technology hacks, such as software that
deciphers personalized shorthand as well as dictation software that
transcribes my speech-to-text at a rate that's 2-to-3 times faster than I
can type.
I
go into much more detail in my PROLIFIC program, which will help anyone
improve their productivity as well as spark their creative
output. I also unveil my writing methods and secrets.
So if you want to up your productivity and creativity game, and get my most important strategies, go to PROLIFIC: A Deep Dive Into Creativity & Productivity for details. The early bird rate ends in a few
weeks.
A brother,
fv
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My 10 Best Articles That As Far As We Know (Who Can Tell?) Are Likely to Change the World
Cough.
By
“best,” I mean “most views” this year. The
links to each article is followed by the first paragraph of the article
(for your convenience, of course). Just click the links at the top to
read the entire articles.
This
past February, in the space of two weeks, two independent film-makers
contacted me to ask if I was interested in being featured in their
documentaries on organic church. They contacted me because of my old
books on ecclesiology (both released 8 years ago in 2008). Those books
were based on over 20 years of living in the trenches of Christ-centered
community, including the raising up of such communities. So they wanted
to include my voice in their documentaries.
Anyways, I declined both offers to participate in these documentaries.
Here’s why ...
Dear Women and Men of Planet Earth, It’s March 2016 and Mary DeMuth’s book – The Day I Met
Jesus: The Revealing Diaries of Five Women from the Gospels – has
been out for a year. According to my painstaking research (okay, I asked
Siri on my iPhone), approximately 3.42 billion women still haven’t
gotten a copy of Mary’s book. This is most perplexing to me. More so
than trying to understand Stephen Hawking’s take on quantum mechanics …
In our leadership-frenzied Christian culture, I’ve opted for a different label for leadership. That label is influence. Despite
the unhealthy love-affair that countless Christians have with
“leadership” and being “a leader,” the truth is, if you’re a follower of
Jesus Christ, you’re an influencer. Your influence may be large or
small, it may be good
or bad, but it exists …
So
I’ve been watching the Star Wars saga, from the 1977 debut to the
upcoming release just around the corner. This tidbit accounts for the
opening paragraph below. Even though it’s been “a long, long time ago in
a
galaxy far, far away” since Pharisees were running around in Century One
causing trouble for God’s messengers, Pharisees and Pharisaism are
still here. They’re like the poor. They’ll always be with you …
I
could write a
book on the topic because there are far more than 5. But this is an
email update, not a book. I wish an older Christian told me the
following when I was in my 20s. It would have saved me a lot of
aggravation, frustration, discouragement, [fill in the blank]. Hold on
to your chair. These are blunt, even unsettling, observations …
Before
you have an apoplectic fit, let me clear the table by saying
emphatically: I consider the Bible to be God’s revelation, fully
authoritative, fully inspired, and fully reliable. For that reason, I
read the Scriptures regularly. I mediate on them, seek the Lord through
them, and study them. And to the both of you who have read my newer
books [cough], I expound the Bible, quote
it, cite it, teach it, and seek to unveil it in those books …
Here
in the USA we are in the midst
of another run for the presidency where a small number of people have
lost their minds. Scratch that. I mean, where a small number of people
have decided to run for the highest office in the land. Not a few of us
are experiencing regular bouts of deja moo whenever we turn on the news
and hear the politicians pontificate. (Deja moo = the acute feeling that you’ve heard this bull before.) …
In
2012, I had the privilege of speaking in an unforgettable conference in
Kentucky. The title of the conference was “God’s Favorite Place on
Earth.” This was a year before the book by the same name was released.
What follows are the messages from that conference
…
AMC’s TV drama The Walking Dead is
the highest rated series in cable television history. I’m not a zombie
guy (though some mornings, I might resemble one). Unlike many of my
peers
who possess a Y chromosome, slashy-burny-butcher-gore films don’t appeal
to me. It’s for this reason that I’ve stayed clear of watching The Walking Dead.
That is, until a friend told me that the show is largely about
surviving in community over against blowing zombie carcasses to the moon
…
The
recent spate of terrorism employed by ISIS has scared the liver out of
people around the world, it’s barbarism even chilling the blood.
Numerous Christians have weighed-in on the problem. And emotions run hot
on all sides, sometimes to over-boiling. Social media sites are ablaze
with opinions, laments, and outrage. Some are clamoring, “Off with their heads! Spare none of
them!” …
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