Posted on 09 August 2010
Well folks, I finally got my first voicemail feedback last week after begging you for over a month. Yes, Devin Rose from St. Joseph’s Vanguard sent me a message asking me a couple of questions. First, he wanted to know how I made my video intros and outros. Also, he asked how I found the [...]
Tags: audio, easy video, intros, mass media, media technology, music, podcast, podcast production, podcasts, secret, secrets, technology, video, voicemail, web software
Posted on 02 August 2010
If you are looking for another Catholic site that melds work, productivity, and spirituality – then look no further. The Daily Saint, run by Mike St. Pierre, is a fantastic blog/podcast that really hits at the heart of the Catholic word ethic. He has a plethora of resources to help you kick butt at work [...]
Tags: Business, catholic, catholic church, catholic reformation, christianity, leadership, management, mike st. pierre, podcast, politics, Productivity, saints, skill
Posted on 29 July 2010
If you are involved with Catholic social media, then you will love this interview. This episode features Matthew Warner, the creator of flockNote and the author of the blog Fallible Blogma. We discuss how a father, husband, and Catholic managed to become an entrepreneur and create a valuable service to parishes and catholic organizations around [...]
Tags: catholic, catholic church, catholic organizations, catholic social media, christian theology, christianity, communicate, ecclesiology, matt warner, organization, parish, parishes, social media, stay connected
Posted on 24 July 2010
In this episode, our first special guest – J.R. Duboc – talks about how he manages to balance his busy work, doctoral studies, and Catholic spiritual life. Not only that, he still manages to find time to write articles for this blog! Amazing. I also answer an email question from a seminarian that desires to [...]
Tags: balance, calendar, catholic balance, catholic life, catholic work, doctoral studies, explaining, getting things done, GTD, habits, human behavior, inbox zero, jr, management, managing, personal development, pope john paul ii, purpose, religion, religious habit, study, studying, task manager
Posted on 12 July 2010
Although there are a lot of Catholic GTD lovers out there (yes, trust me there are), I am not one of them. Don’t get me wrong, GTD is leaps ahead of other productivity systems, but the system of choice for this Catholic is Autofocus. Now, I know what you are going to say, “what is [...]
Tags: autofocus, GTD, podcast, Productivity, task management, time management, Work
Posted on 08 July 2010
In this episode, thanks to some listener feedback from Fran with the Little Sisters of the Poor, we delve a little more deeply into Getting Things Done and how you can use it in your daily Catholic work life. Whether you are a lay person at a normal 8-to-5 job, or religious, GTD can definitely [...]
Posted on 04 July 2010
In this episode I give a HUGE thank you to some folks that sent in some emails recently. God has been tugging at my heart to return to updating Productive Catholic on a more consistent basis, and the feedback that I’ve received from some of you really confirmed that God wants me to continue. I [...]
Tags: batchbook, career, catholic, catholicism, gist, podcast, Productive Catholic, Productivity, social networking
Posted on 22 June 2010
We live in difficult times, and stressful changes are sometimes imposed on us by people and circumstances. Sometimes, too, we choose to changes our life, it gets difficult, and we feel like we’re biting more than we can chew.
These scary times might contain a hidden treasure, offering us the opportunity to think back about what truly matters, find the real function of a productivity system, and make our vocation a real thing.
Tags: Productivity, productivity hacks, vocation, Worship
Posted on 20 April 2010
This is the first guest post on Productive Catholic, and I must say that’s it’s pretty darn good. If you want a great introduction on how to use tasks as a means to get things done, look no further. Let us know what you think in the comments, and be sure to give Jean-Rémy a [...]
Tags: GTD, lists, productivity hacks, tasks, to do, todo
Posted on 12 April 2010
Sometimes, in order to get something done you need a little push. But we don’t always have the funds to pay for a personal coach, so there needs to be another way to get things done on time and efficiently. Well, there is one thing tends to motivate just about everyone: guilt. Good Old Catholic [...]
Tags: coaching, goals, guilt, Productivity, setting goals