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💡 1 SOLUTION FOR EFFECTIVE MINISTRY
Don’t waste the most important time of your workday.
The first 2-3 hours of your workday are the most important. This is where your willpower and mental energy are the highest, yet it is easy to waste that time on things that don’t require high cognitive capacity. You want to avoid spending this time on things like email, catching up on the news, or small tasks on your to-do list. They may feel productive, but they often also ways to procrastinate doing your most important work.
Instead, it is better to focus on things that bring the most value and take the most effort when you have the most effort to give. Then you can do the smaller effort tasks when you don’t need as much focus or diligence. For me, my calendar for the first few hours of each workday typically includes:
Sermon writing/study/review
Content creation (newsletter, articles, other resources)
Planning and/or research
Tasks that require more focus and are more cognitively demanding
Things like email, my to-do list, and meetings are all scheduled for 11 AM or later. This ensures the work that takes the most focus (and is often the most meaningful) happens at the time when I am at my best.
Of course, sometimes there are exceptions to this, but they are exceptions. Doing this can help you get more things done and free you up to do more things that matter.
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🤔 1 CHALLENGE FOR LIFE AND MINISTRY
Based on my habits, is time on my side or against me?
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