I’m very excited to let you know that my new Time Management Resource is being released today! This resource has pre-sold better than any other we’ve ever offered. In honor of this big release, I’ll be doing a four-part time management “blog series” this week.

Each day, between now and Friday, I will unpack a time management principle that has greatly impacted my life. Here’s the first one:

LEARN TO LIVE OFF PEAK

A couple of weeks ago, I violated this principle. I went shopping for a Mother’s Day gift on the Friday before Mother’s Day. Over lunch, I made my way from my office on W44th to Macy’s (the World’s Largest Department store – I do love living in NYC) down on W 34th St.

It was packed! What should have been a nice 30 – 45minute shopping experience turned into an hour and a half ordeal.

Living Off Peak means that when everyone else is doing a particular ‘something’ you are doing ‘something else.’ Since ‘everyone’ shops on the Friday before Mother’s day, you (and I!) should shop the week before. Make sense?

This means you:

– Never go to the post office or bank at lunch

– You avoid the DMV at the first of the month and the end of the month

On the flip side, it means you:

– Take the first doctor’s appointment of the morning

– Take the mid-morning or noon flight on Monday (to avoid the Monday AM rush)

– Arrive at the office before everyone else (to avoid the traffic and get in some uninterrupted work time!)

Once you start practicing this principle you will find dozens of ways to apply it. As church leaders there are a lot of things that we do not have control over, but one thing we can all do is learn to live off peak. This one principle probably saves me 3 – 4 hours per week.

Nelson

P.S. You will discover 33 other time management principles in my new resource. Click here to order Time Management for Busy Pastors

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About Nelson Searcy

Nelson Searcy is an experienced church growth strategist, pastor, church planter and coach, consulting with churches around the world. As founder of Church Leader Insights and the Renegade Pastors Network, he has personally trained more than 3,500 church leaders in over 45 denominations through live events, seminars and monthly coaching. Nelson is also the Founding and Lead Pastor of The Journey Church, with locations across New York City and in Boca Raton, FL. Nelson and his church routinely appear on lists such as “The 50 Most Influential Churches” and “The 25 Most Innovative Leaders.” He is the author of over 100 church growth resources and 18+ books, including The Renegade Pastor: Abandoning Average in Your Life, Ministry and The Difference Maker: Using Your Everyday Life for Eternal Impact, and At the Cross with the People Who Were There. He and his wife, Kelley, have one son, Alexander.