posted by Joel Southerland

We are putting the “cleaning your desk” post to the test – with a Student Minister! (Could there be a bigger challenge?) There have been stacks of paper on the desk of Ray Cochran, Liberty’s Student Minister, since the day it was brought in. I had never seen it cleaned off. So, I decided to make him follow the plan (with a little help from my Taser) and submit pictures of the results.

Are you enjoying this kind of desktop makeover?

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In this episode of The Sermonators, we discuss 3 key ideas for maximizing a personal assistant to streamline your workload and gain time in your week. Unless you already have these three ideas fully implemented, you could gain as many as five hours or more in your week.

Hey, bi-vocs… we also discuss how to find and use a volunteer assistant this week if you don’t have one yet.

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posted by Joel Southerland In my last post, I covered how in 60-seconds you can take a huge leap in productivity and organization just by cleaning off your desk. Hopefully getting reacquainted with the surface of your desk has already been rewarding. A clean workspace lends itself to clear thinking — which is necessary for real productivity. But, now… The Box. What do you do with that? Set yourself up on a daily schedule to go through the box. Spend 30 minutes a day (more or less depending on how much time you have) taking the pieces of paper in order from the top to bottom. Use an egg timer if you need to so you don’t get carried away. Don’t “presort” the box; just take it from the top down. And, here we go… Read the rest of this entry »