Five Key Steps for Planning Anything, Step 4: Putting Together an Action Plan
If you have been following prior posts we have worked through putting together a basic planning model that can work either toward your personal productivity or be applied to teams and projects in the workplace. We’ve had the chance to examine: the importance of a clear definition of the goal, understanding the current state, and…
The Reason for the Season: Jesus Came to Influence
Influence is all the rage. Every summer we ask the students at our Propel summer experience to tell us what it means to have influence, and the answers are always fun. A few years ago, when we were working with Millennials, we would often get answers like “being in charge” or “being famous”. These days…
Don’t Put Off Procrastination
It’s impossible for all us of never to procrastinate or, as some might say, exercise the freedom to do something later over sooner. Procrastination isn’t uniformly a terrible thing. There are instances where it can be helpful. Overall, however, it generally is a liability to doing one’s best work and if allowed to dominate one’s…
