Welcome to part 3 of Brain Tricks to Beat Procrastination! Today we’re talking about Type 3: Perfectionism procrastination. How many times have you delayed doing something because you couldn’t do it perfectly RIGHT NOW? That’s perfectionism procrastination. Author and TED talk sensation Brene’ Brown says: “Perfectionism is not the same thing has striving to be […]

Pastors, would y’all help me test drive something? It’s totally free from my end, although you do have to be a subscriber to ChatGPT4 to use it. I Made An AI Sermon Prep Tool I programmed a custom GPT called Sermon Illustrator that is designed to help me brainstorm and source illustrations based on a […]

We’ve been talking about how to beat procrastination. Today, we’re going a little different direction by talking about “wisdom procrastination.” Wisdom procrastination is when you have a deep-seated resistance to doing a thing because it isn’t compatible with your passion & skills. Yes, this is different than just laziness. (We’ll talk about actual laziness later.) […]

Over Labor Day weekend, I lost my phone in the lake. It wasn’t quite as stupid as it sounds. 🙂 I took a small boat and paddled 3 of my youngest sons out onto the lake. Just as we got near some cousins of ours that were swimming in water about 6 feet deep, one […]

I told you a story last week about the young African-American man from my church who came by and asked if he could get a couple copies of the NewStart Discipleship Journal because he was sharing his faith with a couple friends at work. He wanted to use it to help walk with them through […]