Elizabeth Grace Saunders | Divine Time Management

This week, Mitch Matthews talks with internationally recognized expert in effective time management, Elizabeth Grace Saunders.  She’s the author of two bestselling books.  Plus, she writes on time management for Forbes, the Harvard Business Review, the Huffington Post and Fast Company Magazine.  In this interview, they talk about her newest book, “Divine Time Management.”  They dig into subjects like maximizing your schedule and your time… as well as important concepts like true identity, relationships and asking the big questions in life. Listen To The Podcast:   Elizabeth Grace Saunders is an internationally recognized expert in effective time management.  She’s also the author of two bestselling books on the subject!   Plus, Elizabeth is the go-to person for maximizing your day and becoming more efficient with your time for Forbes, the Harvard Business Review, the Huffington Post and Fast Company Magazine. Time management is a passion for her. However… in the past few years she started to feel like the common strategies were falling short.  She wanted to feel more peaceful, confident and accomplished… but the time honored concepts weren’t cutting it anymore. So she dug in to look deeper.  What she found surprised her.   But as she applied what she was learning… it started to change things for the better.  Then Elizabeth started to share the concepts with her clients and in her writing and people let her know these new strategies were having a profound effect. As a result… she decided to write a new book.  It’s called “Divine Time Management.” In this week’s episode, I talk with Elizabeth about the journey to write the book and the strategies that have made a big difference to her. We talk about maximizing your schedule and your time… but we also dig into concepts like true identity, relationships and asking the big questions in life.   It’s a unique perspective that will get you thinking. Enjoy it and let me know what stood out to you.   Leave a comment below.   I’d love to hear from YOU!   ALSO - Here are the Time Stamped Show Notes from this Week’s Episode: [02:20] Introduction and background of Elizabeth Grace Saunders. [04:08] Becoming interested in time management. [07:40] Divine Time Management: The Joy of Trusting God's Loving Plans for You. [13:08] She’s still open to clients from all faith backgrounds. [18:23] Her approach and letting go of control. [25:08] Loving your true identity. [31:02] Uncovering your true identity. [36:10] Alignment with God. [40:09] Alignment in relation to planning and time management. [43:54] Hearing from God. [50:35] Cultivating quiet time with God anywhere.   Elizabeth Grace Saunders, Divine Time Management   From Stress to Balance Elizabeth Grace Saunders was a planner from a young age. As the oldest child, she always liked to know the plan for the day. However, her interest in time investment came out of a struggle with entrepreneurship. “I had started a business, and didn’t have any sort of work-life balance in order,” says Saunders. “I got to the point where I just felt stressed out all the time, and guilty whenever I wasn’t working.” She went on a personal journey of finding balance, and now uses that knowledge to help others. She began coaching in 2009, teaching strategies on planning, prioritizing, making to-do lists, and having realistic expectations.   Divine Time Management In 2015, two things happened to change her course. The first was a feeling of inauthenticity. “I started to get bored of what I was doing,” says Saunders. Not feeling excited about her work anymore made her feel inauthentic and untransparent. “Then at the same time, I felt like God was telling me I needed to start giving Him more of the glory in my business.” She began a Christian group coaching program called Divine Time Management and began working on her proposal for her new ...