Everybody wants to start the new year with a BANG. Well, I want to help you finish it that way. Here’s a list of tons of (basically) free resources to help you:
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- 44 Great Backgrounds to help you start the new year RIGHT [image downloads]
- Your Resolutions will fail. Here’s what you can do to still have an awesome year [article]
- Questions to Ask for Reviewing 2011 [article]
- 6 Keys to Achieving Big Goals [article]
- 5 Reasons You Should Commit your Goals to Writing [article]
- The ultimate guide to life planning from Michael Hyatt [eBook]
- Step by step writing a life plan from Ron Edmondson [article series]
- Overcome bad habits [article]
- Dealing with offenses
- How to boost your energy level [article]
- 10 Tricks that give you power over your body [article]
- Clever uses for basically everything [articles]
- The Best Time to Buy Anything in 2012 [article]
- 6 Tech trends for 2012 (USA Today) [article]
- Top 10 Tech Trends for 2012 (CNN) [article]
- 39 Social Media Statistics to Start 2012 [article/video]
- Ultimate resource for living well with ADD [website]
PRODUCTIVITY RESOURCES
- Effectively Manage Your Time By Doing It God’s Way
- Have a “NOT to do list” [article]
- Get more done using the Pomodoro Technique A) [Ebook] B) [PDF cheat sheet]
- Say “No” more [article]
- Shave 10 hours off your work week A) [article] B) [Video]
- What the Creative World Needs Now is Organization (Incredible eBook on organization/execution of ideas) [eBook]
- Millennial (your generation) Matters [eBook]
- Guy’s Guide to Marrying Well [eBook]
- Girl’s Guide to Marrying Well [eBook]
- Site with articles focused on the Christian young adult [website]
- Stuff Christians Like (young adults, this stuff is so you) [blog]
- Donald Miller‘s blog (more young adults need to read this stuff) [blog]
LEADERSHIP RESOURCES
- How Change in a Leader Can Change the World (Incredible eBook. A MUST read.) [eBook]
- Seth Godin on Leadership & Management
- Making Vision Stick
- Leaders VS. Managers [Video]
- Free Daily Leadership Coaching Videos
- Bunches of great leadership video clips
- Top 20 blogs Christian Leaders need to be reading in 2012 [article]
- How to Be a More Energetic Leader [article]
- Free On Demand Video Access to Teachings from 30 leadership & influence authorities [website]
- Helpful Sites or women in or aspiring to be in leadership/ministry [websites]
- Raising the Leadership Bar in Your Church
- Discipling
- Teaching
- Giving & Tithing
- Moving Compassion from Niche to Norm
- Sermon Series Planning [article]
- Big Churches Getting Bigger [eBook]
- The New Traditional Church [eBook]
- Developing a Theology of Leadership [eBook]
- The Leisure Suit Trap: 8 Reasons Your Church is Stuck [eBook]
- Hanging Up The Leisure Suit: How to Get Unstuck [eBook]
- Beyond Sunday: A Step-by-Step Guide To Creating and Sustaining A Vision for Your Worship Team [eBook]
- A Church Government Revolution [eBook]
- Church Unique Visual Summary [eBook]
- Completely free downloadable church resources from lifechurch.tv [website]
- Resources, ideas, and inspiration for small churches [website]
- If you can figure out what this does, it is one awesome tool that can supercharge your productivity
- Save articles, quotes, or thoughts anywhere online & this app will tweet them or share them on facebook at the best time(s) of the day. If you want to be AWESOME, at social media, this is for you.
- Keep track of all the things you get done day to day with this web app.
- Simple, minimal “to do” app for browser & iPhone.
- Imagine every list you have to keep track of. A lot, right? Well, this is called Wunderlist. Make the connections. All of the lists in your life on a whole new level. Available on basically every device you can think of.
- Have the most popular articles, posts, & links of the day that are tweeted by your Twitter friends delivered to your inbox with Summify.
- Action Method: Awesome task management software.
- Evernote: If you’re not using it, you need to be. It helps you capture, save & organize basically any information, pictures, sounds & more.
- Bounce App: A fun and easy way to share ideas on a website.
- Crash Plan: Online data backup & storage. Who couldn’t use that?
- If you travel much, you will want to sign up for this.
- Nurture compassion in your church/organization/community with this online platform to help.
- Strategic planning for organizations [paid versions. 10 day free trial]
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