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Michael Hyatt, CEO for Thomas Nelson, describes his approach to developing a life plan.  Keeping the sovereignty of God in mind and maintaining a humble attitude without presumption on God, I think it is a good and wise thing for us to be more intentional about our life.

Creating a Life Plan - Michael Hyatt

Here’s a great idea for creating a good workspace at home.

DeHamerspace » Blog Archive » Working At Home - The Office

Here’s some great tips on dealing with e-mail.

Yes, You Can Stay on Top of Email - Michael Hyatt

Tim Ferriss responds to a recent critic and in doing so, gives some excellent comments on time management and lowering the barrage of information overload.  I especially liked his suggestion and visual of how The Four Hour Workweek, GTD and Franklin Covey can be combined.

Time Management Guru-itis: Mark Hurst vs. David Allen and Tim Ferriss [...]

Now, if I do this and you this - neither of us will be reading this blog - but that may be a good thing.

Distractions: Unplug to Avoid Online Distractions

A good question and a very decent answer to whether social networking applications are really causing us to waste more of our time on what is not really very important in the long run.

Scobleizer — Tech geek blogger » Blog Archive Scoble has a productivity problem «

A few years back, while listening to a project management seminary, I came to this realization:  multitasking really does not worth - it is actually a myth.  While you think you are doing two things at once, you likely are not.  If by chance you are attempting to do two things at the same time, [...]

Now here’s an interesting concept.  Instead of traditional structures of accountability that are not necessarily tied to productivity - let people organize themselves as they please - and hold them accountable for productivity.

No Schedules, No Meetings–Enter Best Buy’s ROWE | The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss

Here are a number of time/life management tips - basic, simple but effective.

How I Do It | chrisbrogan.com

This is an excellent article about the need to be effective, but not a guru of efficiency.

Why You Should Think Seriously About Being Less Efficient | Slow Leadership

Here’s some good thoughts on habits of those who tend to do pretty well with themselves.

Fifty Habits of Highly Successful People - Stepcase Lifehack

Matthew Cornell makes an excellent post regarding his recent two week experiment on planning his day the night before.  Good mixture of Covey and GTD stuff on Matt’s site.

A Daily Planning Experiment: Two Weeks Of Accountable Rigorous Action | Matthew Cornell - Personal Productivity Workflow Consultant

A few weeks ago, I linked to and posted a question about how to handle e-mail clutter. I think it is safe to assume that the vast majority of modern and ordinary pastors deal with e-mail and thus they deal with the clutter that comes with it. A significant portion of my conversation [...]

If you are in to David Allen’s Getting Things Done, you may be interested in the bookoos (is that really a word?) of software (free and $$) available.

102 GTD Software Apps - Researched Comparison

Here’s a testimony from a pastor who employed a virtual assistant.  I don’t doubt that this will become more of a reality on a wider scale in ministry as well as business in the near future.

Working with a Virtual Assistant : W. David Phillips - missional. theological. personal.

I have a helpful system for managing my e-mail, but I thought I would put this one out there to THE CAPRANICA readers to see what systems you are using. How do you manage your e-mail in-box? This article has some helpful thoughts. Give me some of yours. I’ll post my [...]

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I’m not big on handling a lot of e-mail on the weekends (some think I never answer my e-mail).  Here’s a few good ideas on taking a break from being instantly and constantly available.

E-mail-Free Fridays and How to Save Your Weekend - The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss

O.k. - one more on outsourcing personal tasks.

Personal Assistants on Call, Just Not in the Next Office - New York Times

Here’s another article on outsourcing personal tasks.

Outsourcing Your Life - WSJ.com