4. Scheduling time windows
Take the tasks you have, the things coming your way,
and the requests for meetings, and break these into
three simple groups: things I have to get done in the
next two weeks; things I have to get done in the next
six weeks; and things I have to get done in the next
six months.
This will free up the way you emotionally work through
each day. The more you can help other people under-
stand the way you are doing things, the better you will
be at this as well.
It’s a simple process. It starts at the highest levels of contri-
bution, filters all the way down to the details of automating,
delegating, and eliminating, and then to the tasks we are
actually going to do. This process is proven. I know it will
make a huge difference for you!
If you want more great resources and tools to further
help you shift from busy to effective, visit developmentand
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Zach Clark is the founder of Development & Leadership Coaching, a non-traditional service
approach helping leaders grow and build a culture of generosity. Beginning at twenty years
of age, Zach’s expertise and skills were honed as a development and leadership consultant
serving hundreds of Christian schools, churches, and non-profit ministry organizations
around the country. Zach has a dynamic and energetic teaching style that makes him a
much sought-after public speaker. He is a member of the John Maxwell Team, the world’s
leading leadership development organization, and is a John Maxwell Certified Coach,
Trainer, and Speaker.
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The other aspect of elimination is taking it one step
further to the point of pain. There are some things on
your list you would like to get done, and you feel like
would be positive, but the reality is we need to eliminate
them from our lives because it is good, but it’s not the
best. When you eliminate to the point of pain, you know
you are eliminating at the right level.
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We need to go ahead and own that reality. Let’s either
get it done or let’s eliminate it. I’ve got things like that
on my list every time I look at it. Eliminate!
Then, you need to eliminate. This is the one most people
want to skip over. I guarantee you, if you look over the
past six weeks, you will find things you have already
decided not to do. They are still on your list causing you
stress, but they haven’t been done. They may not have
been done in months.
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Delegation is not about taking your job and giving it to
someone else. It is about identifying three key things:
What is it that I’m trying to equip other people to do?
What is it that I, and only I, need to be doing?
What is it that others can be doing maybe even better
than I can do?
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DEVELOPMENT BOOT CAMP
SEPTEMBER 19-21, 2019
MANDERLEY CHRISTIAN CAMP – PIKEVILLE, TN
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The partnership and presentations between Jeff Keaton and
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If your school or ministry is God-ordained, then God has
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Our three-day donor development boot camp with Zach
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