Mark Batterson
New York Times Best-selling Author of The Circle Maker, Lead Pastor of National Community Church
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“Dreams were never meant to stay mentally in our heads. Dreams were entrusted to us, so we create them physically with our hands. Unhackable gives us a practical process for achieving our dream without getting derailed by distractions.” (from Amazon)
Wall Street Journal and USA Today Best Seller Human knowledge once doubled every thousand years.Today, it's every twelve hours. No wonder we can't keep up! Welcome to the Attention Economy-where you are the product. In this digital landscape, they keep score with eyeballs and eardrums. Your attention-even for a few seconds-translates into cold, hard cash they're willing to manipulate and even hack you for. The truth is, you're getting hacked every day, and you don't even realize it. A hack is when someone or something gains unauthorized access to a computer or a system. Want to know something scary? People can be hacked. It happens millions of times a day. Your focus is the prize-and they'll hack you to get it. Does this sound familiar? You cleared your schedule, woke up early, and informed your family and friends you're unreachable. An entire day dedicated to finally working on your dream. Buzz. Ring. Beep. Five minutes in, another disruption. Notifications flash across your screen. Focus. Where were you? Your phone vibrates. Now you crave a distraction and the dopamine fix. Scroll. Scroll. Who are you kidding? Productivity plummets. Morale declines. Your dream gets sidelined and sabotaged-yet again. Unless you're Unhackable. Better than money, power, or connections-Unhackable is the new secret weapon of super achievers-the ones who live their dreams. Kary Oberbrunner made it his mission to discover if humans could become Unhackable. After a six-year exploration of neurobiology, art, science, technology, education, athletics, the military, and business, he emerged with an answer-the unmistakable elixir behind all idea achievement and productivity. This book reveals that answer in 30 daily missions. Discover how to create a life you love defined by freedom, finances, and fulfillmenttap into your hidden ability for superhuman focus to get more done in far less timeorganize your life around "flow"-where you feel your best and perform your bestwake up every day thrilled to live your dream Ditch the hype. Tap into hope. Science fiction has blurred into science fact. Time to become Unhackable. Award-winning author and international entrepreneur Kary Oberbrunner makes high performance, productivity, and goal achievement a breeze for busy professionals struggling to maintain laser focus in a world riddled with distraction.
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“Jordan is your guide to a better way, giving you a highly practical road map to ‘redeeming the time, because the days are evil’ (Ephesians 5:16).” (from Amazon)
Manage your time the way Jesus managed his with a biblical antidote to swamped to-do lists and hurried schedules. “A highly practical road map.”—Mark Batterson, New York Times bestselling author and lead pastor of National Community Church Despite the overwhelming amount of resources for time management and work-life balance, the ability to cultivate the efficiency and equilibrium needed to manage all our worthy pursuits can often feel frustratingly out of reach. The reason for our struggle is that productivity and time-management systems focus on individual habits rather than more meaningful and lasting lifestyle changes. But as it turns out, there is a better way to reach our full potential. We don’t need just another approach to changing our habits. What we need is an operating system that takes into account the full scope of our lives. In these pages, bestselling author Jordan Raynor presents this system, using seven powerful time- management principles drawn from the example of how Jesus lived: 1. Start with the Word: Find meaningful connection with the author of time daily. 2. Let Your Yes Be Yes: Accept only the commitments you can fulfill. 3. Dissent from the Kingdom of Noise: Create room for silence, stillness, and reflection. 4. Prioritize Your Yeses: Confidently maintain your commitments. 5. Accept Your “Unipresence”: Focus on one important thing at a time. 6. Embrace Productive Rest: Live the God-designed rhythms of rest which are productive for our goals and souls. 7. Eliminate All Hurry: Embrace productive busyness while ruthlessly eliminating hurry from our lives. With these principles, you’ll see how Jesus managed his time on earth and how he responded to human constraints much like the ones you face today. More than that, you’ll discover corresponding practices that will help you embrace the best, most Christlike version of yourself possible: purposeful, present, and wildly productive.