Hello, welcome to the Excel Stillmore podcast.

I am your host, Chris Emerson, and we are here to talk about tips and strategies that you can employ to deepen your faith, improve your relationships, and just get the most out of your life.

Thank you for joining. Let's get started.

Okay, so I am so excited to share this with you today. The idea of what it means to assess the

essential and really make intentional decisions on what matters most. I have a feeling that this could

go a long ways and helping you excel still more. If it has even a portion of the impact on your year

as it's had on mine, I know that it will be worth your time. Now, before we get into this, I'm going to

tell you about a book that I recommend and we have some Bible passages to read. Let me just ask you a few questions to see if this episode is for you.

Have you ever found yourself stretched too thin? You get overcommitted. You say yes to everything.

You're a Christian. You're a parent. You're a friend. You want to do things for people. So when they ask, you say yes.

But then you find that you're stretched in so many directions that you're not really able to be

excellent in any one thing. And so it starts to get you discouraged. Do you ever feel like you're

really busy? It's not that you're lazy, you're busy and you're active, but you feel unproductive. It's like you're really busy. It's not that you're lazy. You're busy and you're active, but you feel

unproductive. It's like you can get to the end of the day or the week and you can say, man, I did a lot

of things. I had a full schedule. And yet, I don't know that I accomplished anything that's going to

leave a mark. I don't know that I develop myself in a way that's gaining

momentum. Do you ever just get stressed out? You're worried about whether or not you're going to

get all the stuff done. You're worried about what other people think about you while you're doing it.

And while you're not consciously worried about the effect that it's having on you because you're a selfless service-filled person,

subconsciously you're wondering if you're just wearing yourself out or spinning your wheels or wasting your time.

If you are dealing with any of that, please listen carefully today. I think we're about to change your life.

I just have to tell you that while I wouldn't say stress is a big issue for me or worry, I'm pretty good about those things. I have felt pretty much all of the other things that I described for you. I felt like I was busy but unproductive. I felt like I had so many things that I needed to do and they were all globed together that I

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