The Productive Pastor

Each day when I sit down to plan out my actions, I do so with what I believe is the best notebook made.  The Rhodia pad.  I know you could use any old notebook but Rhodia’s hold up great.  I use several different kinds for different tasks. 

• When I’m brainstorming, I use one of their mid-level pads (no. 16) to write down my ideas and thoughts to process later.
• I use a smaller book (no. 11) to jot down quick thoughts for later.  For those of you who use David Allen’s “Getting Things Done” system, this is my “inbox” collection pad.
• I use a slightly larger book to write down items such as sale prices on things, email or URL addresses, etc..that really don’t pertain to any actions.

I used to use a PDA for all of this and someday, I may have one of those all in one phones to do all this but I don’t think so.  My PDA ate up battery juice pretty quick.  I always had to worry about it getting dropped, rained on, or have someone spill soda or drop food on it if I was out with a client.  Not any more.  The Rhodia pads are built to a level of quality that make them geekishly fashionable to the professional crowd while being relatively affordable (about $2-$4 a pad depending on size and how many you buy).  Part of being a productive pastor is writing down the myriad of things that come at you from all different directions.  If you’re a church planter like I am, there’s even more debris flying at you from everywhere.  Rhodia pads are great to take with you to write stuff down as it happens.  They are built to hold up well under normal use and they are not nearly as expensive as a Moleskine.

For my money and overall use, I choose Rhodia.  Pick one up and see if you agree with me that the quality versus price make them a real value for your work.

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