Ministry Procrastination

Around 20 years ago I finally realized I was a serial procrastinator. I would win medals for it if we could find a way to potentially compete in procrastination. It’s been part of my whole life. Procrastination is a real thing, and it doesn’t mean folks are lazy or unmotivated. It also doesn’t go away as we get older. It just shapes and shifts. As a pastoral coach and congregational developer, I help all sorts of folks understand procrastination and how to get through it.

The vision of Productive Pastor is “healthy ministry through strategic productivity.”

I find procrastination isn’t as much a motivation problem, but an energy focus problem.

That’s how I deal with it personally and help others move through it.

So here are all the Productive Pastor episodes about ministry procrastination.

How to Break a Bad Procrastination Problem

Do you ever struggle with procrastination? Yep. It’s part of life. And we can break it once only to have it come back again. So let’s talk about some specific strategies to always have in our pocket when procrastination rears its head. I go through what several folks say about procrastination, and go in deep with the question “is your procrastination an energy issue or a fear issue?”

Avoiding Fear and Attacking Procrastination

In an older episode from 2017 or so, I go more into the idea of how fear drives our procrastination.

Procrastination and the Law of Triviality

Why is it that we out off the big things in favor of the small? Some call it the law of triviality, or more easily understood as “bike-shedding.” I share 5 ways to avoid bike-shedding taking over your life.