I was sent this quote this week and loved it! 

Regarding Tiger Woods - “I love Tiger’s competitiveness, dedication and determination.
How many athletes who have been recognized as the best in the world have
changed their games not once but twice to improve?”
–Rick Barry, Hall of Fame Basketball Player

It makes me think of two things. 

First, how many people are willing to take the risks necessary to re-invent themselves?  From a 3:9 perspective, if you are successful and motivated and life is going pretty good, why do something like 3:9 and try to re-invent yourself?  I think it is because life demands it.  As humans, we constantly grow and learn and change.  Maybe everything is going great at work but not at home.  Maybe your home life is perfect, but at work you are challenged.  Maybe everything is great, but you have that deep yearning to reach the “next level”, whatever that is!  From the response we have seen already, no-one has an area of their life where “changing the game” would be unwelcome.

Second, how many of us “change our games” once we have accepted Christ?  Do you know what God wants from your life?  Do you know what talents he has blessed you with and expects you to use?  Are you aware of things that are holding you back from real and powerful relationships with other people?  God has a plan for you, but it’s your choice whether or not you want to fulfill it.  My experience suggests that you already know the answer!

Dan

I have had this book for some time (several months) - but despite the title, never got around to reading it until this last plane flight on Monday.  A case of “I’ve got too much to do to get organized”!  

One of the reasons I even picked up the book was because it was recommended in a flight magazine and was developing a bit of a cult following among business executives and other really busy people…like mothers (I’m not being sarcastic.  I may complain, but my wife Misty is way busier than I’ll ever be!)  So I figured that it was something more than just some “tips and tricks” and more like a lifestyle change.

Well after reading this book - I can really see that that is the truth.  One of the observations David makes, is that most organization methods fail - to-do lists, project maps, etc. - is because they don’t focus on the next action.  Another premise, is that whatever system you use has to necessitate getting things out of your head and into the system so you can free your mind to “not think about all the things that I have to do today, tomorrow, and by five years and that is not counting all the things I’m really forgetting, dangit I forgot to pick up milk”.   The analogy is that you only have so much RAM - and can only focus on 1-3 things at a time with any degree of efficiency.

I consider myself to be a very productive person all-in-all - but I am NOT in any sense of the word particularly organized.  My thoughts are organized, my strategies are organized, my project outputs are organized - but I personally am not.  I have asked my wife to give it a read and help me adopt some of these ideas.  I’ll keep you posted.

Otherwise, if you are anything like me, I thought the book may be of interest!  Here’s a link to check it out:

http://www.amazon.com/Getting-Things- … roductivity/dp/0142000280