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Many people feel overwhelmed, overloaded, and way too busy. How do we change that without resorting to complex systems that take more time to keep up than they actually save? In How to Get Unstuck, Matt Perman answers this question by sharing ten core principles that free you to become a more effective person for the glory of God.
Sommario
Introduction: Different Kinds of Stuck
The Eight Core Principles
Chapter 1: Understanding Urgency and Importance---for Real
Chapter 2: Mission: Know Why You’re Here
Chapter 3: Self-Concept: See Yourself as a Professional
Chapter 4: Execution: Start with Your Time, not With Your Tasks (That is, Realize you Can’t Give Equal Focus to Everything)
Chapter 5: Goals: Start with your Vision, not With Your Constraints
Chapter 6: Choosing Activities: Work in Your Strengths Most of the Time
Chapter 7: Getting in the Zone (the Ultimate Way to be Unstuck): Work Fully When You’re Working, Rest Fully When You’re Resting
Chapter 8: Avoiding the Ultimate Dead End
Info autore
Matt Perman is the director of career development at The King’s College NYC and cofounder of What’s Best Next, an organization that helps empower Christians to be more productive in all areas of life, and to do so in a way that is God-centered and gospel-driven. Previously, he served as director of marketing at Made to Flourish and was director of strategy at Desiring God for thirteen years. He is the author of What's Best Next: How the Gospel Transforms the Way You Get Things Done (Zondervan, 2014). Matt has an MDiv in biblical and theological studies from Southern Seminary and a Project Management Professional certification from the Project Management Institute. Matt is a frequent speaker on the topics of leadership and productivity from a God-centered perspective and also consults with businesses and nonprofits, focusing on startups devoted to solving large global problems. He blogs at www.whatsbestnext.com.
Riassunto
How to Get Unstuck introduces readers to the ten core principles at the heart of becoming an effective person whose life genuinely flourishes and impacts others positively.
Bad news first: we all get stuck. It's a fact of life. But the good news is that it is possible to get unstuck and overcome the obstacles to doing great work and getting the right things done. The question becomes: How do you get "unstuck" in your productivity in both work and life—and how to do it in a spiritually healthy way?
Matt Perman—author of What's Best Next and director of career development at The King's College, NYC—has spent his career helping people learn how to do work in a gospel-centered and effective way, combining theological substance with practical self-management. In How to Get Unstuck, he will walk you step-by-step through the core principles that free you to be more effective in everything you do by helping you:
- Understand how you get stuck and what your obstacles are.
- Prepare to get unstuck by grappling with who you are and how you see yourself.
- Develop a practice of personal management.
- Overcome obstacles and adapt to unforeseen problems.
Drawing on the wisdom of the Bible and on the best of today's research,
How to Get Unstuck shows believers and non-believers alike how to live productive, integrated lives and develops a poignant portrayal of true effectiveness.
*Included is a detailed plan for getting started using the principles and applying them to real life situations.
