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Getting Productive for the Right Reasons with Mark Struczewski

https://faithfulontheclock.com/getting-productive-for-the-right-reasons-with-mark-struczewski

We all want to be productive. But are we being productive for the good things God calls us to? Mark Struczewski (Mister Productivity) helps us figure it out in Episode 142 of Faithful on the Clock.

Timestamps:

[00:04] - Intro

[00:37] - Secondary intro and Mark’s background

[03:15] - Getting happiness from productivity

[05:24] - Quitting excuses and making productivity choices

[11:31] - How to practice patience with ourselves in a way that honors God while being productive

[15:23] - Addressing distractions and differentiating them from God’s movement on us

[20:52] - Productivity is not easy, but fun breaks are fine

[27:34] - Not sharing a bad mood when trying to be productive

[25:45] - The Scripture story Mark offers as a final takeaway

[31:18] - Prayer; Mark’s closing freebie offer

[32:54] - Outro/What’s coming up next

Key takeaways:

1. Productivity can be a joyful thing!
2. We might not always be in a situation where we love what we’re doing. But we can make intentional choices to get there and be productive in the way we want.
3. There’s often more than one path that’s viable to get to what we love, so we shouldn’t be afraid to look at multiple “how”s to do something. But each path we explore deserves due diligence before we move on.
4. Most of us need to develop our patience muscle when it comes to productivity. Doing so can help us appreciate the hard work involved in our productivity.
5. Making a list of the distractions we encounter for a brief period of time can help us grasp how much other elements pull our attention away. But we can mitigate most distractions quickly and be intentional about our scheduling.
6. When God calls us to do something in the day, that’s a good distraction!
7. Productivity is not necessarily easy, but we can ask ourselves how God is shaping us through the difficulties in the...