Personal Growth
Tim Spencer

Energize Your Daily Routine

In recent weeks as my family has moved from one city to another, my daily routine has been thrown completely out of sorts. Thankfully, that period is ending and I’m finally able to reassert some positive order on my schedule, my morning routine and my daily priorities. I’ve already written

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Personal Growth
Tim Spencer

Make Decisions with the Eisenhower Matrix

Somewhere along the way, my three worlds—personal, professional and organizational—became saturated with activity. More responsibility, more worthwhile tasks and more can’t-miss family moments mean that decisions about what to do and when to do it are more important than ever. A productive life doesn’t happen by accident. You don’t stumble

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Personal Growth
Tim Spencer

Shift Gears from Good to Great

There have been too many seasons in my life when I settled for the good at the expense of the great. It’s happened when I was too comfortable with life, my job and my organization, and the result has been something far less than what I’m capable of. In those

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Personal Growth
Tim Spencer

From Self-Reliance to God-Reliance

Think about the ways that being independent gets sewn into your life. It happens in school from the first day you go to Kindergarten. It happens in business as you learn to promote yourself and advance your career. It happens as you move away from home and take responsibility for

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Personal Growth
Tim Spencer

Make Prayer Part of Your Daily Routine

Is prayer “missing in action” in your personal routine, family or church? I’m ashamed to admit that prayer falls to the bottom of my agenda far too often. Priorities and the tyranny of the urgent are the culprit, but there’s more to it than making easy excuses. I’m compelled to ask

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