Empower Your Ministry Blog

Do you get overwhelmed with some huge looming task that you KNOW you need to do?  If you are like me, it’s easy to get bogged down with something that just seems too big to get done.

An example:

Change Tires on car.

Seems simple enough, so why can’t I get it done?

David Allen  in his book Getting Things Done says that a task like “Change the tires” is not actually a task. He defines a task as something that takes ONE action to complete.  Changing the tires is only ONE action if you have the car jacked up and a lugwrench in hand.

He defines this as a PROJECT.  A project consists of 2 or more “tasks”.  So in this case the PROJECT of changing the tires actually consists of these TASKS.

1.    Find Tire Shop’s number
2.    Call Tire Shop and get an appointment
3.    Take Car to car shop

Now for me, this is easier because anyone can do any of these tasks individually, but the PROJECT really doesn’t specify what to do next.

All that matters is what you do next.

Do you have something on your mind or on your list that just never seems to make it to the “done” status?

Try breaking it down into very simple steps and you’ll start to see momentum building.

Now, I do have something that you can put on your task list.  Let’s not worry about the Project for now.

1. Go to the EmPoweryourministry site and check out the online class that Mickey Gamble and I will be teaching for 6 weeks starting on May 11.

Whether you are an industry veteran who’s rocking the blog/socialmedia world or someone who just has a passion for reaching people in the modern age, it’s worth a look.

It’s a 12 minute video that will tell you everything you need to decide if you want to make a little headway in ministry.

Please comment below if you have questions or just email me at info@empoweryourministry.com

Thank You guys for reading.

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