Brief Overview

Church leaders aren't scared to work but struggle to do their best work. We feel guilty for not working harder, we're frustrated that we're not better at certain aspects of our work, and we feel like everyone else in our church thinks we don't work hard enough. On this episode of the Five Factors podcast, Matt and Tal tackle those struggles head on and map out a better way to work.

Big Ideas:

• The secret to great work is a leader who embraces their limits. Too many church leaders are always available, do work that belongs to someone else and are consistently distracted. Smart leaders create boundaries, priorities and focus on what matters most.

• Audit your schedule. Make sure you're clear on how much work you're doing by tracking how your time is spent for a week. How many hours did you work? What exactly did you do during those hours? What did you accomplish at the end of the day?

• Ask other leaders about their work. Ask five leaders in your church about their work. What time do they start and stop? How do they create boundaries, priorities and focus in their work?

Resources

• BOOK: Deep Work by Cal Newport
• BOOK: Essentialism by Greg McKeown
• GET HELP: Ask Matt and Tal a Question
• CONNECT: Five Factors Facebook Group
• FOLLOW: Matt (twitter.com/mattadair) and Tal (twitter.com/talprince)