Time Management for Catholics

by Durand, Dave

• ISBN13: 9781928832577
• ISBN10: 1928832571
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-10-01
• Publisher: Sophia Inst Pr

Summary

Whether you change tires or change diapers, it's easy to get so busy that you neglect the things that matter most -- your relationship with your family and your relationship with God.

That's why Dave Durand wrote Time Management for Catholics. This handy guide combines proven time-management techniques with valuable directions on how to order your life so faith and family come first.

Simply, clearly, and genially, Dave shows you how to find the time you need for your family, your job, your finances, and your health.

You'll learn to create a time-management system tailored to your own needs and use it to accomplish all you have to do each day. You'll even learn how to find time simply to relax!

Best of all, Dave will teach you how to make time for the most important thing you can possibly do in this world: strengthen your relationship with Almighty God. And he'll help you do all this without getting overwhelmed or burnt out!

Dave Durand's time management techniques will make you more efficient, but they will also do something far more important: help y

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Introduction	xiii
Evaluate how you use your time now	3	(4)
Discover how much time you can save	7	(4)
Discern your own mission in life	11	(6)
Revise your mission in the light of Christ	17	(8)
Establish priorities to fulfill your mission	25	(8)
Set goals for yourself	33	(4)
Meet the deadlines you set	37	(4)
Use a good time-management system	41	(4)
Take charge of your time now	45	(2)
Create your to-do-tomorrow list	47	(2)
Let priorities and goals shape your list	49	(4)
Decide what must be done first	53	(4)
Create a calendar to anchor your system	57	(4)
Avoid a duplicate-entry system	61	(2)
Use your to-do list effectively	63	(4)
Keep important records handy	67	(2)
Establish a planning place	69	(2)
Keep on hand the supplies you need	71	(2)
Organize all those papers	73	(4)
Defuse those time bombs!	77	(2)
Time Bomb #1: Procrastination
Stop putting things off	79	(8)
Time Bomb #2: Deciding too slowly or too quickly
Give the right amount of time to decisions	87	(4)
Time Bomb #3: Derailment
Don't get sidetracked	91	(8)
Time Bomb #4: Elastic tasks
Limit that job to the time it takes	99	(2)
Time Bomb #5: Unnecessary conversations
Avoid idle conversations that waste time	101	(4)
Time Bomb #6: Uncompleted projects
Finish those projects you begin	105	(4)
Time Bomb #7: Stress
Eliminate unnecessary stress	109	(8)
Time Bomb #8: Fatigue
Don't let fatigue cripple you	117	(6)
Time Bomb #9: Reacting instead of responding
Respond thoughtfully to problems	123	(4)
Time Bomb #10: Bad timing
Choose the right time for each task	127	(4)
The Atomic Time Bomb: Television
Kick the television habit	131	(8)
Remain vigilant against time bombs	139	(2)
You can find time for your spiritual life	141	(4)
You can find more time for prayer	145	(4)
You can find time for family prayer	149	(8)
You can find time for spiritual reading	157	(4)
You can find time for meditation	161	(4)
You can even make it to daily Mass	165	(6)
Postscript Let God manage your time	171	(6)
Appendix 1 Catholic time management is better	177	(4)
Appendix 2 Recommended spiritual reading	181	(4)
Appendix 3 Basic daily prayers	185	(4)
Appendix 4 Examination of conscience	189