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Coming Next Week: The What’s Best Next Video Study (and Study Guide)

December 4, 2019 by Matt Perman

I cannot believe that What’s Best Next has been out for more than 5 years now. The book continues to sell and I am constantly hearing from people about the impact it has had on them — as well as from people who have just picked it up and are reading it for the first time.

I have exciting news for those who would like to go deeper with the book or go through it as a group experience: we have created a video study and study guide, and they release next Tuesday.

The Video Study

I went to the Zondervan headquarters to record the video sessions last November. I taught through the entire book, doing each chapter as one session. This is one of my favorite things to do. I enjoy writing (usually after it is done), but most of all I enjoy doing speaking events and being able to present on the book through keynotes or workshops.

The video study allowed me to do that in a format that is now accessible for anyone. For each session, I teach on the most importance concepts in the chapter while introducing some new insights as well. These sessions are good to watch as part of a Bible study or church group, or individually.

You can get them as a DVD through Amazon. Since less and less people have DVD players these days, you can also watch them online by taking the What’s Best Next online course at the Zondervan website (releasing next week). If you like, the course also has a couple assignments as part of it, in addition to the videos.

The Study Guide

The study guide is an excellent companion to the videos or just for going deeper with the book itself. Beth Graybill developed the questions and content for each chapter, based on the video sessions and the book. She did an amazing job. I myself have found the study guide to be a helpful review of the book and to provide excellent questions that get me to think more deeply.

So I highly recommend picking up the study guide, whether for yourself or to take a group through in your church, small group, ministry, or workplace!

 

Filed Under: WBN Product News, WBN the Book

Updated Application Journal

April 10, 2019 by whatsbestnext

We’ve been working behind the scenes to change a few things to serve you better. Here’s one of the resources we’re bringing back into our toolkit—the Best Next Steps Application Journal.

This PDF download is a simple tool designed to help someone get back to focusing on what’s best next in their life and work. It offers a taste of how the principles of God’s Word can help us address our motives and actions, and gives a simple way to organize thoughts and next steps.

Download for free from our online store.

 

Filed Under: Productivity Tools, WBN Product News

Now Available: The Best Next Steps Application Journal

May 11, 2018 by whatsbestnext



Now available in our online store—a digital application journal to help you advance further in your productivity.

Why did we create this? The hardest part of improving our productivity is consistently applying the right principles and making them ongoing habits. We designed this application journal to address this issue. Research has shown that writing out your answers to exercise questions leads to far greater understanding and application than just reading the material.

So that’s what this journal does. With this short and interactive resource, we walk you through a process of discerning how you can become more effective to help you clarify what your priorities should be and how you can get the right things done. Use it to build a plan that works for you and start applying these principles in your life today.

This PDF resource is available in our online store for $2.

Filed Under: WBN Product News

Creating a Business Plan that Actually Works

October 29, 2015 by James Kinnard

Thanks to the many of you who have been so encouraging as we announced the launch of What’s Best Next. You emails and shares have been meaningful.

We hope you’ll stick around to benefit from the things we have planned, and to help us refine the resources and services. None of this makes sense if people like you aren’t inspired and helped.

Creating a Business Plan that Actually Works

One of the things we’re looking to do, in addition to developing many free resources, is to publish, over time, focused books for helping Christians be more effective in their work.

Creating_A_Business_Plan_COVERThe one we started with, which seemed to make sense given what we were already working on, is a short digital book called Creating a Business Plan that Actually Works: Especially, But Not Only, for Faith-Based Organizations.

With a title like that, and given that What’s Best Next is a mere three days old, I would expect at least a snicker or two! But here’s the deal: this e-book is not about guaranteeing a level of success, however you measure it. It’s about a process that does what it’s intended to do—a framework that can make a significant difference as you plan any kind of real-world endeavor.

Whether you’re launching a new business, starting a ministry, planning an event, or managing a project of a certain size or scope, this short e-book can help guide you in thinking through your plans. Matt originally wrote this a few years ago and we’ve updated several sections in light of working through the vision for What’s Best Next.

 Here’s what you’ll find in Creating a Business Plan that Actually Works: 

  1. How Do You Think Biblically About Business Plans?
  2. Making Business Plans Useful: A Brief Overview
  3. The Elements of a Business Plan (And Getting Them Right)
  4. Further Resources

This focused book is especially for those who are making plans from a Christian perspective—whether in churches, ministries, other non-profits, or anywhere else. While you don’t have to operate from a specifically Christian perspective to benefit, it will be especially helpful for those looking for a resource that makes the integration of faith and work explicit.

Available for download from WhatsBestNext.com or Amazon.com

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How to Set Up Your Desk eBook on Sale for $4.99

June 16, 2014 by Matt Perman

how-to-set-up-your-desk-cover3My short ebook How to Set Up Your Desk: A Guide to Fixing a (Surprisingly) Overlooked Productivity Problem is on sale for $4.99 through next Tuesday.

Whereas What’s Best Next gives a comprehensive view of why our work matters and how to be more effective in it, How to Set Up Your Desk takes a very specific area of productivity and shows you how to maximize it.

It’s easy to think that you don’t need to give thought to how you use your desk. But in reality, your desk setup matters immensely because your desk is actually a workflow system. Setting up your desk well minimizes the resistance to getting things done — and makes it a lot more fun.

So in this ebook I outline the basic principles for how to set up your desk well (yes, there are principles for this!). Then I apply them to help you make your whole desk setup more effective so that you can get get things done with minimal drag and get rid of the clutter that so easily sucks your energy and creativity.

(Note that I originally published this as a series on this blog, available for free, but I’ve updated the introduction and added some other things for the ebook. Also, getting the ebook is a great way to help support the blog!)

 

Filed Under: Desk Setup, WBN Product News

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What’s Best Next exists to help you achieve greater impact with your time and energy — and in a gospel-centered way.

We help you do work that changes the world. We believe this is possible when you reflect the gospel in your work. So here you’ll find resources and training to help you lead, create, and get things done. To do work that matters, and do it better — for the glory of God and flourishing of society.

We call it gospel-driven productivity, and it’s the path to finding the deepest possible meaning in your work and the path to greatest effectiveness.

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About Matt Perman

Matt Perman started What’s Best Next in 2008 as a blog on God-centered productivity. It has now become an organization dedicated to helping you do work that matters.

Matt is the author of What’s Best Next: How the Gospel Transforms the Way You Get Things Done and a frequent speaker on leadership and productivity from a gospel-driven perspective. He has led the website teams at Desiring God and Made to Flourish, and is now director of career development at The King’s College NYC. He lives in Manhattan.

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