by Mark J Martin | Jan 4, 2016 | Productivity
Clutter slows us down. The progress of elimination is that when the table is dirty, you clean it off before you set it. When the life is overloaded, you remove the excess before you move forward. “Out with the old” before “in with the new.” Do...
by Mark J Martin | Jan 1, 2016 | Productivity
You have most likely come across at least 5 to 10 new years goal posts. It’s that time of year – a time that naturally lends to reflecting on last year and making plans for the coming year. There are a lot of great voices on new year plans. My goal in...
by Mark J Martin | Oct 25, 2015 | Productivity
Maybe some of my perfectionist friends can relate to this. I was working on writing some music tonight, and I was struggling to get the juices flowing, and it occurred to me why. See if you relate. I realized, though not for the first time, that I don’t like...
by Mark J Martin | Oct 2, 2015 | Productivity
Here’s a tip for saving time typing the repetitive content in your weekly order of service cards. This can work for you whether you type out your worship set in Word, or an email – whatever you use to type the list of songs for the week. It’s a free...
by Mark J Martin | Sep 16, 2015 | Productivity
On Monday, I talked about Seth Godin’s concept of “Show up every day.” Musicians can get stuck easily. Whether through fatigue, high expectations of ourselves, or too many responsibilities, it’s easy to get paralyzed and start spinning our...
by Mark J Martin | Sep 14, 2015 | Productivity
I write on this site mainly about church music and playing the piano. But today and Wednesday, I’m going to talk a little about productivity. And this will have application to your music. We musicians can be overwhelmed with the amount of rehearsals we have,...
