337: Choosing the Important Over the Urgent with Matt Perman

2018-08-23

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Matt Perman explains how to tell the difference between important tasks and urgent tasks, and how to make room for what’s important in your life and work.You’ll Learn:1) Why you should plan your day with your time, not your tasks2) Four tips for effective personal management3) Two ways to prioritize like a proAbout MattMatt is co-founder of What’s Best Next, which he started to help people excel in doing good for the world through productive work and God-centered living. Prior to that, he served at Desiring God for 1...

Matt Perman explains how to tell the difference between important tasks and urgent tasks, and how to make room for what’s important in your life and work.

You’ll Learn:

1) Why you should plan your day with your time, not your tasks

2) Four tips for effective personal management

3) Two ways to prioritize like a pro

About Matt

Matt is co-founder of What’s Best Next, which he started to help people excel in doing good for the world through productive work and God-centered living. Prior to that, he served at Desiring God for 13 years in several different leadership roles, including director of strategy and director of internet ministries, and at Made to Flourish as director of marketing.

Items Mentioned in this Show:

Matt’s website: What’s Best Next
Matt’s book: How to Get Unstuck: Breaking Free from Barriers to Your Productivity
Book: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action by Simon Sinek
Book: The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
Previous episode: 015: David Allen, The World’s Leading Authority on Productivity
Tool: OmniFocus
Book: Great at Work: How Top Performers Do Less, Work Better, and Achieve More by Morten Hansen
Previous episode: 278: The Critical Factors Separating High and Low Performers with Morten Hansen
Book: ESV Study Bible