Prioritize Your Yeses
Knowing what God put you on the earth to do and prioritizing your yeses to make the most of what God gave you.
Maintain Your System
Here’s the rub. If we don’t empty all our inboxes every day, the task of “getting clear” will get bigger and bigger. The bigger and scarier the task, the more likely we are to put it off until we “have more time.”
Defining Your Work
As a follower of Christ, I really want my yes to be my yes. I really want to walk in the peace that God promises. I have found I cannot do either if do not implement a system that captures all of my to-do’s (open loops) that I review at least weekly.
Dissent from the Kingdom of Noise
Listening requires silence, stillness, solitude, and reflection.
Who You Gonna Call?
Work is hard. Home life is hard. Both can be full of amazing blessings, but I am not sure why I’m always surprised when either (or both) become hard.
Let Your Yes be Your Yes
Too often, we say yes to keep from disappointing someone or making them unhappy. But, If we cannot get around to fulfilling that commitment, they are still disappointed and we feel terrible.
I’m Swamped!
If we can create the systems and habits we need, we will know what to do when it feels like we are about to be overtaken by the tasks and demands of life.
Redeeming Your Time
There are entire websites, books, and businesses built on showing you how to get by with a partial implementation of Allen’s system. The problem with those solutions is a partial implementation gets you partial results.
Get Out of God’s Kitchen
In life, God is the biscuit maker. We are the biscuits. He makes amazing biscuits but he is using our lives in their entirety to come up with the finished product.
Creating a Strengths-Based Organization
Strengths-based organizations integrate strengths development into their mission, vision, values, processes, and how people work and collaborate daily.