Redeeming Productivity

Do you ever have those days where you come home and think, “that was a really productive day”? Imagine if you could make every day feel productive and let that momentum carry you through, not just days, but weeks of productive work. Links My new employer, Not the Bee.Sign-up for the Redeeming Productivity Newsletter. If you enjoy Redeeming Productivity, consider supporting my work on Patreon, where you’ll get exclusive updates and early releases of new content. Show Notes: 0:00 – Welcome2:57 – The Problem7:06 – Closing the Loops9:39 – Make a Plan to Finish the Right Tasks12:07 – How to Write a Book17:23 – Principles for Breaking Your Projects Down24:31 – Creating Reusable Project Templates25:46 – My Process for Writing a Blog Article29:20 – Conclusion Transcript Read and listen via a fully-interactive transcript of this episode.

Your outlook on life is one of the biggest factors in deciding the quality and success of your work. But should Christians be optimists? And what does biblically-based optimism even look like? Links My new job: Not the Bee.Read the post this episode is based on, “Should I Be Optimistic?” on The Master’s Seminary blog.Listen to my testimony.Sign-up for the Redeeming Productivity Newsletter. If you enjoy Redeeming Productivity, consider supporting my work on Patreon, where you’ll get exclusive updates and early releases of new content. Show Notes: 0:00 – Welcome2:18 – Optimism vs. Pessimism3:20 – The Right Kind of Optimist5:16 – Evangelical Eeyores7:52 – Every Believer Should Be an Optimist10:19 – Reasonably Happy12:53 – Eternally Optimistic16:27 – Joyfully Long-Suffering17:17 – More Than a Personality Trait19:17 – Optimism Is True and It Gets Results22:18 – Conclusion Transcript Read and listen via a fully-interactive transcript of this episode.

Where would you be today if you weren’t so afraid of other people’s opinions? That’s the question that drove me to look for biblical answers to my fear of man. In this episode, we discuss how destructive living in the fear of others can be to our lives and personal productivity, and how Scripture provides a way out of this snare. I also share a big life update. Links How to Stop Being Afraid of People, So You Can Start Getting Stuff DoneEp. 12 – Interview with Adam Ford, Creator of The Babylon BeeSign-up for the Redeeming Productivity Newsletter. If you enjoy Redeeming Productivity, consider supporting my work on Patreon, where you’ll get exclusive updates and early releases of new content. Show Notes: 0:00 – Welcome, and Major Life Update4:16 – Why You Should Fear the Fear of Man8:41 – How to Attack the Fear of Man12:12 – What Fear of Man Does to Us14:01 – The Fear of Man Is Beatable16:58 – Rightly Ordered Fears20:02 – First, Fear God24:25 – Second, Love People28:43 – Outro Transcript Read and listen via a fully-interactive transcript of this episode.

In this episode, we talk about the joy of reading, note-taking, Roam Research vs. Notion, and applying note-taking techniques to writing and idea creation. Links Episode 55 – Bible Notetaking Systems with Matthew Everhard Relearning the Joy of Reading (Blog) How to Take Smart Notes by Sönke Ahrens Track book series for students – Track is a series of books designed to disciple the next generation in the areas of culture, doctrine, & the Christian life. While the topics addressed aren’t always simple, they are communicated in a manner that is. ⏳If you enjoy Redeeming Productivity, consider supporting my work on Patreon, where you’ll get exclusive updates and early releases of new content. Time Stamps 01:42 Relearning the Joy of Reading 02:17 How to Take Smart Notes 04:39 Trying Roam Research (Again) 06:53 Roam Research vs. Notion 09:44 Applying Smart Note to My Book Project 14:17 Smart Notes for Idea Creation Episode Transcript

No matter how well we plan, organize, and delegate, sometimes we drop the ball. Sometimes we let people down. Sometimes we fail to live up to our commitments. And sometimes we make matters worse by failing to communicate. This can lead to broken trust and people losing respect for you. So, how do we drop the ball gracefully? Today I’m going to give you five ways. Timestamps 00:00 – Introduction 03:10 – Why we drop the ball 07:33 – 1. Don’t Overcommit to Begin With 10:27 – 2. Develop a System to Track Your Commitments 12:11 – 3. Communicate Early 15:30 – 4. Be 100% Honest 20:47 – 5. Ask for Forgiveness 23:45 – 6. Learn from Your Mistakes 25:56 – Believe the gospel when we drop the ball Links Getting Things Done by David Allen Sign-up for the Redeeming Productivity Newsletter. ⏳If you enjoy Redeeming Productivity, consider supporting my work on Patreon, where you’ll get exclusive updates and early releases of new content. Episode Transcript

In this episode, I am joined by Dr. Matthew Everhard who is a Jonathan Edwards scholar. We discuss the productivity habits of the Puritan pastor, particularly his unique approach to knowledge management. Links Check out Matthew Everhard’s YouTube ChannelRead his article at Modern ReformationSign-up for the Redeeming Productivity Newsletter. If you enjoy Redeeming Productivity, consider supporting my work on Patreon, where you’ll get exclusive updates and early releases of new content.

Envy destroys our ability to do pleasing work for God. Instead of looking around at the “success” of others, we need to faithfully labor at what the Lord has put before us. Links Watch Redeeming Productivity on our YouTube channelSign-up for the Redeeming Productivity Newsletter. If you enjoy Redeeming Productivity, consider supporting my work on Patreon, where you’ll get exclusive updates and early releases of new content. Timestamps 00:00 Introduction 01:21 Thank you to you supporters 05:16 The article that inspired this episode 07:48 Jealousy in the workplace 09:33 Envy is a sin 10:54 Envy is strongest when you see the wicked succeeding 13:10 You are not alone 14:45 We have a choice to make when we see the wicked succeeding 15:56 Don’t envy the damned 19:14 The dangers of envy 21:19 How Christians view success 23:14 The meek shall inherit the earth 25:05 You don’t have to be type-A to be successful 27:55 Conclusion

Have you ever felt guilty for listening to the Bible instead of reading it? In this episode, I try and answer whether or not it’s “cheating” to listen to the Bible on audio instead of reading it. We discuss the advantages and disadvantages of different modalities of Bible consumption. And at the end I share some of my picks for the best way to listen to God’s Word on audio. Links Watch Redeeming Productivity on our YouTube channelSign-up for the Redeeming Productivity Newsletter.2016 Study on Audio Learning Bible App by YouVersionStudy Bible by GTYDwell Audio Bible AppESV Hear the Word Audio BibleESV Daily Bible M’Cheyne Podcast If you enjoy Redeeming Productivity, consider supporting my work on Patreon, where you’ll get exclusive updates and early releases of new content. Time Stamps 00:00:00 Introduction00:01:40 Is listening to the Bible on audio “cheating”?00:03:40 Where does this question come from?00:07:12 Reading the Bible at difference speeds00:11:01 Listening to the Bible is the historic norm.00:14:11 Dangers of listening to the Bible on audio.00:16:31 Make sure you’are actually listening.00:19:02 Only reading the Bible because you feel like you have to00:21:22 Advantages to listening to the Bible.00:23:21 The Bible is a book for life.00:25:50 Ways to listen to the Bible.00:27:52 Conclusion Transcript Welcome to another episode of the Redeeming Productivity Show. This is the podcast that helps Christians get more done and get it done like Christians. And I’m your host Reagan Rose. Well, guys, we have a excellent episode for you today. What are you talking about? The subject of listening to the Bible? So audio Bibles, when we talk about apps, we’re going to talk about audio books, websites, that kind of thing. But actually the main thing I want to dwell on is the question of, is it okay to listen to audio books, audio Bibles? Is it okay to, uh, to listen to the Bible instead of reading it? Is it cheating before we get into that? I also just want to let you know that at the end of this episode, there’s going to be a little bit extra, a little bit of a Patreon exclusive. So if you are one of my Patreon supporters, there’ll be an extended clip from this episode that only you can hear. And if you’re not one of my Patreon supporters, consider signing up, it’s just patreon.com/redeemingprod. And for a few bucks a month, you get access to an exclusive feed. I’m trying to share more and more there. I actually have some goodies coming up soon. I’m gonna upgrade what I’m doing on Patreon and yeah, it also just helps support the show. So if you liked the show, you want to help me keep going, please check out my Patreon. And thank you to my Patreon supporters. You guys are the best, keep up the good work. So, is listening to audio Bibles cheating? And I think that a lot of you—I’ve, I’ve actually kind of run this by a few people and asked them if they knew what I meant by asking that question. So I asked my wife, I said, “if I ask you if listening to the Bible on audio is cheating, do you know what I mean?“ She said, “yeah, I know what you mean.“ You kind of have the sense that you should be reading the Bible with your old hose, with your eyes. And if you don’t, then your kind of cheating yourself out of studying the Word of God…or something like that. In fact, I think this is something a lot of people think about audio books or books on tape in general is that it’s not quite the same. I remember talking to, somebody was asking—this was years and years ago—they were asking for recommendation for where to get a good copy of an old book. And it was a specific title. And I linked to them that, “Hey, there’s actually an audio version of this on sale right now.“ And they came—I was trying to be helpful—but they came back and they actually mocked me. Th

Life hacks are simple shortcuts to help get everyday tasks done more efficiently. But Christian contentment is the ultimate life hack. In this episode, we explore what contentment is, how you can get it, and how it allows Christians to change their attitudes without changing their circumstances. Links Watch Redeeming Productivity on our YouTube channelBook: The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment by Jeremiah Burroughs. Sign-up for the Redeeming Productivity Newsletter. If you enjoy Redeeming Productivity, consider supporting my work on Patreon, where you’ll get exclusive updates and early releases of new content. Transcript Welcome to the Redeeming Productivity Show.This is the podcast that helps Christians get more done and get it done like Christians. And I’m your host Reagan Rose.Well, in this week’s episode, we’re going to be talking about the subject of Christian contentment. Namely, why contentment is the Ultimate life hack. More on that in a minute, but before we get into it in earnest, I just wanted to tell you that I am back at it with a video version of the podcast. So a lot of you—I know most of you—listen to this via audio podcast on Apple Podcasts or something like that. Well, there’s also a video version on YouTube and there has been going back for quite a while actually, but I stopped doing them when it got too hot. Because I shoot this in the garage and it gets too hot in the garage. And so it was, it was too hard to make it pretty and not be sweating. So now it’s cooled off a little bit. So I’m back at it. So if you are not subscribed to the YouTube channel, go on YouTube, go to Redeeming Productivity, just search it or just click the link in the description here.And you will find me there. And I have other videos there as well, in addition to the podcast content. So you’ll want to check that out. And also of course, as usual, if you’re not subscribed to this podcast on your podcast player, you ought to go ahead and do that. A special shout out to the Patreon supporters. Appreciate you guys so much! There are now 11 of you, which is amazing to me and really does help offset the cost of this. So if you are a listener to this or a watcher of this with your ojos, and you want to help support the efforts of Redeeming Productivity, do check out my Patreon page. That’s patreon.com/redeemingprod. And you can become a monthly supporter for as little as three bucks a month. And I hop on there from time to time, give some exclusive content and also do early releases of episodes from time to time. So check that out. More coming soon over there…soon. So keep your eyes peeled and your ears…ears peeled, uh, ears…ears…open ears, unclogged ears? Peeled. Okay. Let’s get into the topic of today’s show. So earlier this week I tweeted, I tweeted, um, a tweet. I tweeted a tweet that just said that “contentment is the ultimate life hack.” And over on my Instagram, I shared a little bit more about what I meant by that. And I figured, you know what? I should do a whole episode about what that means. So why would I say that contentment is the ultimate life hack? That’s what I want to talk about today. And so we’re going to do three things, hopefully, depending on how long this takes. I might have more material than I have your attention. So I might split this up, but we’ll see. So three things we’re going to do. We’re going to say, why contentment is the ultimate life hack. Then we’re going to look at what exactly contentment is, biblically, where I get a little theological on you. I looked up some Greek words. So hold onto your hats lady and gents. Lady and gents, because there’s only one lady who listens to this and it’s my mom. And then lastly, we’re going to answer a question—and that is one that often comes up. You might be wondering at the end of this episo

These days there are thousands of options when it comes to productivity tools. But one great debate still persists: Which is better, paper or digital productivity tools? I think there’s a place for both. In this episode, I demonstrate that it’s not a question of either/or, but rather of which/when. And I give some principles for choosing which productivity tasks are better done on paper and which are better done using apps. Links This episode is based in part on the blog post, Paper vs. Digital Productivity Tools.Checkout the LifeJournal that I mentioned in today’s episode. Sign-up for the Redeeming Productivity Newsletter. If you enjoy Redeeming Productivity, consider supporting my work on Patreon, where you’ll get exclusive updates and early releases of new content. Transcript 00:00:08 – Welcome to the Redeeming Productivity Show. This is the podcast that helps Christians get more done and get it done like Christians. And I’m your host Reagan Rose.00:00:22 – Well, thanks for listening in. We’ve got an interesting episode for you today. When we talking about paper versus digital productivity tools and kind of the pros and cons of each and how you can sort of mix and match, uh, some paper planning tools with digital tools and even just kind of some high-level principles to think through what would be best for what types of activities, uh, productivity-wise. Um, but before I jump into that, just want to do the little preamble I always do, which is to say, if you’re listening and you like this, please do subscribe to your favorite podcast thing. So you get notified if the next one, for example, if one doesn’t come out on Monday, like normal and instead comes out way later in the week, like right now, uh, you will just get it in your podcast player. Well, I don’t need to explain podcasts to you.00:01:16 – You’re listening to one and also a special thank you to the Patreon supporters, guys. Thank you so much for supporting the podcast. Um, it is encouraging to me and helps me pay the bills to keep this going. And if any of you who are listening would like to become a patron supporter, throw a couple of bucks in the hat. Uh, it is patrion.com/redeeming prod. Okay, let’s get into the meat of the episode. Um, so paper versus digital tools. So with productivity, there are, um, many, many tools available to us. Uh, the, you can go as simple as just a hit a, a to-do list or setting goals on a piece of paper, but, uh, so much of productivity is about what tools you use. And especially now in the digital era, there are countless types of tools you can use in the computer, countless apps, countless services, countless automation that you can use to increase your productivity.00:02:24 – And it can get a little bit overwhelming, to be honest. I’ve mentioned before that when I do as doing college ministry, I think even when I was a college student, I did, this is, I just had a little tiny notebook with a little tiny pen, and I would just write in there some boxes and some little tasks for the day. And I tick off the boxes, uh, to make sure I got everything done. I needed to do that day. And that was a productivity tool. It was small, it was rudimentary, but that was, that was all I did with it. Uh, and then after I read, um, David, Allen’s getting things done, I realized, Oh, I’m basically using his sort of getting things done system, but not as smartly. And so then I was using the paper to record those tasks and, and migrate them to the next day, make sure that, that I had a place to capture everything and process it and, and put it into the right category.00:03:17 – And I was doing that all paper-wise. Now, though, fast forward to today, I suffer from a condition that doctors call shiny new tools syndrome. And that is, uh, my excuse for that is that I write and do a podcast on productivity. And so I can ex