I turn 39 today. I have changed a lot over the years. Maybe the biggest change came early on when I went from someone who hated to read to someone who read all the time. That shift was the domino for so many other transformations over the years. Books have the power to change a…
Meaningful Work
“So many things are possible just as long as you don’t know they’re impossible.”
I cringe every time I hear my daughters say the word “can’t.” Usually, it is something little or something they really just don’t want to do, but it really bothers me. I don’t ever want them to think they can’t do something. Accepting something as impossible is a choice. I haven’t said it in a…
The Purpose of the Morning Preview
I have a long checklist of things to do immediately when I wake up in the morning during my Morning Preview, but when you break it down to its most basic elements, the purpose is waking myself up with a reminder of my priorities. I start the day in prayer and try to make sure…
The Celebrity Method: How to Add Credibility to Your Content
I’ve written about time batching and time blocking (time boxing) in multiple places recently: Batch Your Weekly Work Ahead of Time Time Batching vs. Time Blocking While both pieces are practical, neither one is as convincing as Thomas Frank‘s video above. Why? Because he used credibility to convince people to try this strategy. If it…
A Vision Develops Over Time
Every morning I sit down and read through my list of goals and visions as a part of my Morning Preview. Last year I articulated for the first time a clear vision for my main website, The Religion Teacher. In my list, I have the vision written out next to the mission of the website….
