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 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,...
by Mark J Martin | Jun 29, 2015 | Productivity
The worst part of a roller coaster — the eternal ride up that first hill. Can you feel the chain catch the bottom as the car rolls onto it? Then clank-clank-clank – you’re on your way up! Fear overtakes you. You think to yourself,...
