Worship Coach

7. Be a lifelong learner
a. Collaborate with our other coaches, don’t try to solve everything on your own.
b. Read like the dickens! (“Even if you don’t feel it, you have it. Satisfy this need for intellectual growth, and you will better situate yourself at the crossroads of economic creativity in your community.”*)
c. Work your way through this recommended reading list: (in no particular order)
1) 18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done (Peter Bregman)
2) The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal (Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz)
3) Dangerous Calling: Confronting the Unique Challenges of Pastoral Ministry (Paul David Tripp)
4) Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard (Chip Heath and Dan Heath)
5) Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work (Chip Heath and Dan Heath)
6) Die Empty: Unleash Your Best Work Every Day (Todd Henry)
7) Today We Are Rich: Harnessing the Power of Total Confidence (Tim Sanders)
8) Who Stole My Church: What to Do When the Church You Love Tries to Enter the 21st Century (Gordon MacDonald)
9) Thou Shall Prosper (Rabbi Daniel Lapin)
8. Schedule your week well
a. Work ahead on the upcoming work
b. Follow up with previous conversations with potential clients to move the ball
c. Reply within 24 hours to all emails

*quotes from Thou Shalt Prosper