Journaling is a simple but effective way to keep a record of your life, get ideas out of your head, personal growth and more. We talk about what kind of questions to ask yourself to get the most out of journaling, and how this practice could effect others in the future! This episode is packed full of ideas and resources for building the habit and falling in love with journaling.

• Defrag Your Brain With a Spark File by Lifehacker
• How I Do my Weekly Review by Josh Medeski
• Day One App by Bloom
• Bullet Journal by Ryder Carroll
• Evernote
• 5 Minute Journal by Intelligent Change
• Field Notes

In this episode we interview John's wife Liz. She talks about what it was like to write a book, how she did it while working full time and having her first son during the process, and what it's like being an entrepreneur and self-published author.

Links:

• Numbers: Where Their Story Begins Paperback
• Numbers: Where Their Story Begins Kindle
• iPad
• Pages for iOS
• Apple Wireless Keyboard
• Createspace
• Liz's Blog - ecooperwriter.com

It's time to take a look at what has been accomplished in the last year and set goals for the future. We talk about plans for One Intentional Life, our personal lives and what you can do to setup yourself up for a successful new year.

• 30 Day Challenge by Charlene Johnson
• How to Have the Most Productive Year of Your Life by Josh Medeski
• 5 Days to Your Best Year Ever by Michael Hyatt

Would you like to be able to read more and remember more in less time? Learn about speed reading in this episode.

• Remember Everything You Read by Stanley Frank
• Kwik Learning Mini Series Part 3 - Speed Reading

Is this episode we talk about how to stay productive during the holidays, and also how to take time to relax and enjoy the holiday season and take a break from our busy lives.

Links:

Pomodoro Episode

Mike Vardy - Productivityist

David Allen's Getting Things Done Workshop

Todoist

Michael Hyatt - Unplug While You Are On Vacation

Do you struggle with trying to keep up with all the content out there to read on the internet or do you find yourself going to different places to find content that you wanted to read? In this episode we discuss how we use a read it later service (specifically pocket) to help us be more productive, waste less time, and enjoy the content we do read more.

Links:

• Medium
• Pocket
• Instapaper
• Readability
• Huffduffer
• CloudMagic
• IFTTT
• Feedly
• Episode 4: Reviewing
• Reeder
• Paper

Contact Us:

• Josh Medeski
  • @joshmedeski
  • joshmedeski.com
• John Cooper
  • @cooperjohnj
  • johnjosephcooper.com
• One Intentional Life
  • oneintentionallife.com
  • iTunes
  • Stitcher

Are you a people pleaser? Do you find it hard to say no? We talk about family barbeques, working double shifts, projects, and church in this episode. Learn about urgency and how to set clear priorities and boundaries in work, family, and more.

We all have a morning routine whether we decide to or not. This is why it is so important to craft an intentional routine and start your day off right.

• http://michaelhyatt.com/028-reengineer-your-morning-ritual.html
• http://jeffsanders.com/superstar-daily-rituals/
• http://www.johnjosephcooper.com/my-morning-routine-as-a-new-parent/
• http://www.amazon.com/Eat-That-Frog-Great-Procrastinating/dp/1576754227
• http://beyondthetodolist.com

• Morning is a subjective term, a morning routine is the first things you do in the day regardless of time
• Routine Vs Ritual
  • Routine is things you do everyday
  • Ritual is something you do step by step with intention
• Evening routines set you up to succeed or fail the next day
• Eating the right things and HYDRATING
• Get your big items out first.
• What you don't do is just as important as what you do.
• Our Routines

• http://oneintentionallife.com/10
• Follow us on iTunes here
• @joshmedeski
• @cooperjohnj

Being able to combine effectiveness with efficiency is one of the most powerful skills in regards to productivity. In this episode we talk about the Pomodoro technique and how it can help you achieve laser focused productivity, we also talk about burnout, distractions and what not to do when changing a tire on your car! Lots of interesting thoughts and ideas in this one.

Effective (adj.): Adequate to accomplish a purpose; producing the intended or expected result. Efficient (adj.): Performing or functioning in the best possible manner with the least waste of time and effort.

• Effective Vs. Efficient: Do You Know The Difference? By Daniel Scocco
• PomodoroApp By Chi Chiu Tang
• Focus@Will
• 30/30 iPhone app by Binary Hammer
• How to get your business to (almost) run itself By Whitney Hutten
• Music: @FocusAtWill founders on music, distraction and focus by Erik Fisher of Beyond the To-do List

Remembering appointments, knowing the family's schedule and doing your best not to double book are all made possible by using calendars. We talk about calendar building strategies and time management along the way.

• CoSchedule -
• Editorial Calendar
• iCloud by Apple
• Fantastical for Mac
• Fantastical for iPhone

What's your favorite tool/system/trick for successfully running your calendar? Let us know in the comments below!