Preface: Busting the Twelve Myths about What It Means to Get Things Done
Introduction: Why We Need a Uniquely Christian View on Productivity
Part 1. First Things First: Making God Supreme in Our Productivity
1. Why is it So Hard to Get Things Done?
2. Why Efficiency is Not the Answer
Putting effectiveness over efficiency
3. Why We Need to be God-Centered in Our Productivity
How seeking to be productive without God is the most unproductive thing in the world
4. Does God Care About Getting Things Done?
Why knowing how to get things done is essential to Christian discipleship
Part 2. Gospel-Driven Productivity: A New Way to Look at Getting Things Done
5. Why the Things You Do Every Day Matter
Productivity is really about getting good works done
6. Put Others First: Love as the Guiding Principle for All of Life
The gospel calls us to put others before ourselves; this is not only right but also the way to be most productive
7. How the Gospel Makes Us Productive
The only way to be productive is to realize you don't have to be productive
8. Peace of Mind Without Having Everything Under Control
Don't turn productivity into a new law: productivity and Philippians 4
9. The Role of Prayer and Scripture in Our Productivity
God-centered character as the foundation of all productivity
10. The Core Principle for Making Yourself Effective
Know what's most important and put it first
Part 3. Define: Know What's Most Important
11. What's Your Mission? How Not to Waste Your Life
Setting a God-centered direction for your life
12. Finding Your Life Calling
Discovering why you are here, and how vision differs from mission
13. Clarifying Your Roles
Our roles are not simply areas of responsibility, but callings from God
Part 4. Architect: Create a Flexible Structure
The (almost) missing component in GTD
15. Creating the Right Routines
The six routines you need to have
Part 5. Reduce: Free Up Your Time for What's Most Important
16. The Problem with Full System Utilization
Avoiding the ringing effect and why you need to reduce
17. The Art of Making Time
Delegating, eliminating, automating, and deferring in the right way
18. Harnessing the Time Killers
Harnessing multitasking, interruptions, and procrastination
Part 6. Execute: Do What's Most Important
If you can do only one thing, this is it
20. Managing Email and Workflow
The five steps for processing your work
21. Managing Projects and Actions
How to connect your actions to your life so they actually get done
Nine principles for making things happen every day
23. Productivity in Organizations and Society
Why we must care about productivity in all of life
24. The Greatest Cause in the World
Productivity, world missions, and how our faith relates to our work
Recap: What's Best Next in 500 Words
Knowing What's Best Next: The Easy Reference Guide
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