5 ways to put “becoming a saint” at the top of your to-do list

5 ways to put “becoming a saint” at the top of your to-do list

When taking new resolutions or starting anything, it helps to be a little pragmatic, almost materialistic: how much is it going to cost? How long will it take? etc. It’s no good to be all pie in the sky if you don’t actually do anything concrete.
But as Christians, especially as Catholics, all our work down here has only one purpose: becoming saints. So this should be our #1 priority, and our productivity system need to be ordered towards that one goal. But how does it work?
Let me suggest 5 ways to walk order our productivity system towards sainthood, because after all, if we’re thriving for anything else, are we really productive catholics?

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009 PC Podcast: Moving from Blogger to WordPress

009 PC Podcast: Moving from Blogger to WordPress

Podcast: Play in new window | Download I love when I get feedback! It makes it so much easier to do a podcast. Last week I got an email from Terry Miller asking the following: Hello, I was listening to your podcast #008 and you mentioned switching from blogger to wordpress. I just started a [...]

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008 PC Podcast: Why You Should Outsource

008 PC Podcast: Why You Should Outsource

Podcast: Play in new window | Download Probably a touchy subject, but it’s seriously time for a little bit of turbo-charged productivity via Catholic outsourcing.  One way to get a lot of things done is to give it to someone else.  Thankfully, because of the technologically wonderful world that we live in today, it is [...]

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007 PC Podcast: Intros, Outros, and Awesome Music

007 PC Podcast: Intros, Outros, and Awesome Music

Podcast: Play in new window | Download 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.  [...]

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006 PC Podcast: Getting Things Done with The Daily Saint

006 PC Podcast: Getting Things Done with The Daily Saint

Podcast: Play in new window | Download 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 [...]

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003 PC Podcast: Autofocus for Catholics

003 PC Podcast: Autofocus for Catholics

Podcast: Play in new window | Download 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 [...]

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002 PC Podcast: Getting Things Done for Catholics

002 PC Podcast: Getting Things Done for Catholics

Podcast: Play in new window | Download 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 [...]

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001 Productive Catholic Podcast: Networking and Productivity

001 Productive Catholic Podcast: Networking and Productivity

Podcast: Play in new window | Download 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 [...]

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Coping with stressful changes, your vocation, and the real reason why you need a productivity system

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.

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