The Effective Faith Podcast

Chris Wood
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A weekly podcast talking about all things related to effectiveness and faith. We will answer questions of productivity, app reviews and best ways to use them, as well tools and gear to help us get stuff done. We will talk about theology, Christian living and how to live for Jesus in the 21st Century. We will also discuss how to approach getting things done in a way that supports our overall well being and helps us to honour Jesus better.

  1. 12/03/2025

    38. Are arbitrary deadlines helpful?

    Many years ago, I came across a very simple principle.  It was found in perhaps the first series of blog posts I had ever read about this whole issue of productivity.  It is a principle that I now live by.  I do not set arbitrary deadlines.  Not ever.  Many people do though and so I am writing this to provide my logic as you think through the question - are arbitrary deadlines helpful?

    19 min

  2. 01/21/2025

    37. How to do a Productivity Reset

    Every single one of us at some point in our life will start to feel like things are just getting messy.  We are just not on top of life the way we want to be. When that happens - we need to press the reset button.  But - how do you actually do that?

    22 min

  3. 12/12/2024

    36. Physical Health & Your Effectiveness pt. 1

    Sluggishness. Brain fog. The 3 o’ clock slump! Are these things that effect you?  These are all things that affect me, most of every day. They rob us of our focus.  They rob us of our effectiveness. I am no scientist in this area of life but I know that to neglect our physical well being and health can have a huge impact on our productivity.

    19 min

  4. 10/02/2024

    35. Effective Time Management is all about serving others

    It's my view that effective time management is all about serving others.  There are so many angles that I could explain this from and argue my case from but I will pick out just a few in order to build out my position on this for you. This is episode 35 of the Effective Faith Podcast - Effective Time Management is all about serving others.  My name is Chris Wood and I run Effective Faith - helping you to be more than just productive.  At Effective Faith our aim is to intentionally focus on what matters most, to resist the ‘productivity’ idol and to help Christians live effectively for Christ in their everyday work

    14 min

  5. 09/24/2024

    34. Saying no to yourself - Godliness

    Consider your focus for a moment.  Where will you set your focus?  What will you consider to be important in life such that given you cannot do everything, this will be what you pursue?  That was the question we asked. Godliness picks up that question, pops the hood on it and asks - what will determine your answer to that question? Many people will tell that answering the question of what matters to you and what will be important in your life is THE single most important question you can ever answer. It’s not.  It’s the one behind it.  What will govern your answer to that question?

    12 min

  6. 08/28/2024

    33. Say no to yourself | Discipline

    The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.   You've made some intentional plans. You've made hard choices to determine what is actually important in your life. You've said no to good things, things you want, in order to preserve your focus for the things that really matter. But, the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry. So we come to the next aspect of saying no to ourselves.  The issue of discipline.

    17 min

  7. 08/20/2024

    32. Learn to say no to yourself

    There is a lot of talk these days about the important of saying no.  The clear message tends to be along the lines of - your time is precious and so protect it.  Learn to say no.  I believe that there is truth in this but I cannot help but feel like a lot of this misses the point and it misses the one single biggest threat to all of this.  The biggest threat to your time is yourself.  The point therefore is not to say no to everyone else so we can say yes to ourselves.  The point is to learn to say no to ourselves.

    17 min

  8. 06/11/2024

    31. Toxic Productivity - A Better Way

    Every solution needs a problem... Here’s the point - we cannot begin to propose a better way, until we have effectively diagnosed the problem. The presenting issues - the manifestations - are merely symptoms and they are not the problem. What is needed is a shift in our mindset and our thinking. This is the only way to solve the problem of Toxic Productivity...

    28 min
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A weekly podcast talking about all things related to effectiveness and faith. We will answer questions of productivity, app reviews and best ways to use them, as well tools and gear to help us get stuff done. We will talk about theology, Christian living and how to live for Jesus in the 21st Century. We will also discuss how to approach getting things done in a way that supports our overall well being and helps us to honour Jesus better.

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