The Effective Faith Podcast
by Chris Wood
A weekly podcast talking about all things related to effectiveness and faith.We will answer questions of productivity, app reviews and best ways to use them, as well tools and gear to help us get stuff done.We will talk about theology, Christian living and how to live for Jesus in the 21st Century.We will also discuss how to approach getting things done in a way that supports our overall well being and helps us to honour Jesus better.
Episodes
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39. If you do not learn to master your phone...then your phone will become your master.
If you do not learn to master your phone, then you phone will become your master. So…I’m calling it. We are a people who have been mastered by our phones. We are their slaves now. We MUST break this dependency as the stakes are so very high. But how did we get here? How have we been conquered so...
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38. Are arbitrary deadlines helpful?
Many years ago, I came across a very simple principle. It was found in perhaps the first series of blog posts I had ever read about this whole issue of productivity. It is a principle that I now live by. I do not set arbitrary deadlines. Not ever. Many people do though and so I am writing this to...
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37. How to do a Productivity Reset
Every single one of us at some point in our life will start to feel like things are just getting messy. We are just not on top of life the way we want to be. When that happens - we need to press the reset button. But - how do you actually do that?
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36. Physical Health & Your Effectiveness pt. 1
Sluggishness. Brain fog. The 3 o’ clock slump! Are these things that effect you? These are all things that affect me, most of every day. They rob us of our focus. They rob us of our effectiveness. I am no scientist in this area of life but I know that to neglect our physical well being and health...
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35. Effective Time Management is all about serving others
It's my view that effective time management is all about serving others. There are so many angles that I could explain this from and argue my case from but I will pick out just a few in order to build out my position on this for you. This is episode 35 of the Effective Faith Podcast - Effective...
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34. Saying no to yourself - Godliness
Consider your focus for a moment. Where will you set your focus? What will you consider to be important in life such that given you cannot do everything, this will be what you pursue? That was the question we asked. Godliness picks up that question, pops the hood on it and asks - what will...
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33. Say no to yourself | Discipline
The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry. You've made some intentional plans. You've made hard choices to determine what is actually important in your life. You've said no to good things, things you want, in order to preserve your focus for the things that really matter. But, the best…
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32. Learn to say no to yourself
There is a lot of talk these days about the important of saying no. The clear message tends to be along the lines of - your time is precious and so protect it. Learn to say no. I believe that there is truth in this but I cannot help but feel like a lot of this misses the point and it misses the…
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31. Toxic Productivity - A Better Way
Every solution needs a problem... Here’s the point - we cannot begin to propose a better way, until we have effectively diagnosed the problem. The presenting issues - the manifestations - are merely symptoms and they are not the problem. What is needed is a shift in our mindset and our thinking....
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30. The Cost of Toxic Productivity - Part 2
When productivity tools and techniques are harnessed appropriately - they are inherently creative. When productivity goes toxic - it becomes destructive. It destroys our health, our relationships, and ultimately it makes us totally ineffective and unproductive. Toxic Productivity comes with a…
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29. The Cost of Toxic Productivity - Part 1
When productivity tools and techniques are harnessed appropriately - they are inherently creative. When productivity goes toxic - it becomes destructive. It destroys our health, our relationships, and ultimately it makes us totally ineffective and unproductive. Toxic Productivity comes with a…
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28. Toxic Productivity - Where does it come from anyway?
Toxic Productivity is being talked about more and more. But, if you want a solution to this ever growing and destructive problem, you need to know where it comes from.
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27. Toxic Productivity - What is it?
When productivity tools and techniques are harnessed appropriately - they are inherently creative. When productivity goes toxic - it becomes destructive. It destroys our health, our relationships, and ultimately it makes us totally ineffective and unproductive. This is episode 27 of the Effective...
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26. How to plan an Effective Year.
Year Planning. If you think you’ve missed the boat on this. I’m here to tell you that is a lie. It is never too late to map out an Effective Year. So, if you haven’t planned 2024 yet, or you haven’t finished - this is the place to be.
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25. How to read a book for all its worth
Most of us can read but getting value from it can eludes us. I suspect many people who don’t read, don’t read because they get little value from the books they read. If you don’t get value from the books you read then reading it is a waste of time. So - how can you read a book for all its worth?
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24. How to Avoid a Productivity Obsession
Obsessiosn are dangerous and productivity is something we can easily obsess over if we are not careful. Here are some ways to guard yourself against that. Here are the blog posts mentioned in the episoide: What is Toxic Productivity and where does it come from? The Cost of Toxic Productivity…
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23. If the app works for you...Use it!
There's no shortage of apps on the market today, all promising to revolutionise our productivity. It can sometimes feel like the app we use, the app we love, isn't flashy enough and so we get tempted to try and use the latest and greatest. Into this stream I want to interject and say "No! If the...
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Prayer & the Productive Christian
Recently I have been writing about how grace & humility are at the absolute heart of everything we seek to do. These sit at the very core of our attempts to be more effective and to be more productive. If we are a Christian believer then we will especially acknowledge this. One of the things I…
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21. How to build habits...
Most of our progress and most of our growth doesn't come about in a quick win or in a leap or a bound. It actually comes through slow, persistent and consistent action taken over a longer period of time. This is where our habits come in. It is our habits that will enable us to chip away bit by…
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20. Why bother with a personal vision?
Sitting over the top of our goals, our projects and our areas of focus is our vision and our values. By vision, I mean our own personal mission statement. That sounds a bit too grand for an individual person. I mean, what is it that we hope to do in the short time we are living on this earth....
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19. Focus and Organisation
This week a listener question. We all struggle with focus and with organisation. We look at how to keep track of everything, plan ahead and prioritise and to keep focused without becoming overwhelmed and discouraged by what we can't get done.
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18. The Expulsive Power of the New Affections
Thomas Chalmers wrote his Essay in 1815 - The Expulsive Power of the New Affections. The only way to remove any unhealthy and unwholesome desires and habits from our hearts is to replace them with a new affections. This essay can help us in so many ways and Thomas Chalmers' thesis within it is at...
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17. Is Time Block Planning an Effective Time Management technique?
This week we have another listener question - Our listener has been struggling to implement Time Block Planning for themselves and so this week I offer my thoughts on this approach to organising and managing your time.
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16. Effective Email Management
E-mail is something that we all use every day. But we have a love/hate relationship with it. How can we stay on top of it? How can we manage our email effectively? Is email really all that great? And what alternatives might we use?
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15. What is the most important part of an effective productivity system?
This week we are considering how to approach planning projects and what elements of a productivity system are most important? Should we start out with just some bits or should we try and set up a whole system all at once?
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14. Planning an Effective Week
How do we know if we have the time to manage all the different requests that come into us each day? How can we keep focussed for the long term on what is actually important? How can we be sure we take time for important things that may not show up on our task manage or projects list? We need an...
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13. How do I become more effectively organised without it becoming a burden?
Most of us would like to be more organised but none of us want it to take over our lives. As we look at a question from a listener this week we consider how to become more effectively organised without it becoming a burden.
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12. The Basic Principle Behind all Effective Time Management
"I don't have the time!" We've all said it but is it true? What is the basic principle behind effective time management?
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11. How does considering yourself with sober judgement impact your productivity?
Know your enemy and know yourself. Knowing ourself is critical to our effective use of time and energy. Considering ourselves with sober judgement, with humility, is critical to knowing ourselves. If you want to be more effective, then consider yourself with sober judgement, with humility.
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10. How to have a healthy relationships with technology
The technology and devices with us at all times have unlocked access to a wealth of knowledge that we often don't know what to do with. There is so much value available to us right now and there is also a huge risk present in this access. How do we have a healthy relationship with technology?
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09. A basic guide to being effective with your time
We all have 'stuff'. Meetings, events, ideas, tasks, projects, notes files etc? How do we keep track of it all? Here is a basic guide to being effective with your time.
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08. Why every Christian should be a student of Church History
I have encountered a surprising lack of interest in or knowledge of Church History from my fellow believers. This I think is a tragedy. This I think opens us up to many potential dangers and lessens our understanding of the gospel and of God’s power and grace. It’s my view that every Christian...
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07. Imposter syndrome and the destruction of your effectiveness
Imposter Syndrome is something that can plague us all. It’s the feeling that we are a fake and fraud. Whatever role we have, whatever we are setting out to do achieve, we convince ourselves that we are not qualified and we do not fit in. That we are out of place. Imposter Syndrome can be...
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06. How to effectively manage mundane, every day tasks that don’t seem to matter...
We all intuitively know, that if we spent all of our time on these small, mundane, every day maintenance tasks, then we would not get very far and we would not achieve very much. We are never going to move the needle in our industry or achieve any of goals by cleaning our house, checking our...
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05. P.A.C.T. The Building blocks of Being Effective
PACT - Patience, Action, Consistency & Time are the crucial building blocks to help us achieve what's important and be effective in life.
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04. Building an effective environment and why it is critical.
Managing the environment we are working is just as critical as managing our time and our energy. This week we have some great tips on what to do to make our working environment as effective as it can possibly be.
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03. What is the most effective productivity tool stack that you can have?
With more and more apps and tools on the market than ever before, and all of them promising to solve your productivity problems, how can we decide which apps to use to help us be effective and get stuff done?
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02. Effective Daily Planning
If you fail to plan you plan to fail. But is this true? Why should we give time to planning our day? Having a plan is the key to being effective. Here are some reasons why and a great formula to set us up for an effective day.
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01. Effective Morning & Evening Routines
We all have a morning and an evening routine, but we may not know it and it may not be effective....
About this show
A weekly podcast talking about all things related to effectiveness and faith.We will answer questions of productivity, app reviews and best ways to use them, as well tools and gear to help us get stuff done.We will talk about theology, Christian living and how to live for Jesus in the 21st Century.We will also discuss how to approach getting things done in a way that supports our overall well being and helps us to honour Jesus better.
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Chris Wood
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