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Better Mini-Course + Tutorial

The Better Planner™ is a personal planner designed to help you map out all the different aspects of success and personal growth on your way to better.

The foundation of the Better Planner™ is the practice of defining and reaching your personal vision. The other principles for growth all integrate with and flow out of this essential step. As you develop and record the insights you receive from God and His design for your life, the Better Planner™ will lead you through a step-by-step process to become better.

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START AT THE END

This life is a prelude to the next.

1 Timothy 6:7-8
After all, we brought nothing with us when we came into the world, and we can’t take anything with us when we leave it. So if we have enough food and clothing, let us be content.

Death gives us eternal perspective.

1 John 2:17
And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever.

Eternal Perspective shapes our priorities.

Ecclesiastes 3:1-2
For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

PRIORITIES

Proverbs 29:18 MSG
If people can’t see what God is doing [they don’t know His vision for them], they stumble all over themselves; But when they attend to what he reveals, they are most blessed.

Priorities

  • Faith

  • Finances

  • Family

  • Fitness

  • Freedom

After you've determined your priorities, move on to:

My Current Reality

The Future I See

Keynote Scripture

Action Plan

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Relationships

Ecclesiastes 4:9-11
Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble. Likewise, two people lying close together can keep each other warm. But how can one be warm alone?

Map your spiritual relationships using these categories:

  • Mentors

  • Close Friends

  • Mentees

  • Intentional Relationships

Proverbs 13:20
Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm.

Rolling Quarters + Ideal Week

Psalm 39:4
“ LORD, remind me how brief my time on earth will be. Remind me that my days are numbered— how fleeting my life is."

Psalm 90:12
Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

The Better Planner approach to time management

  1. Put God First

  2. Schedule Your Priorities 

  3. Make Time For Your Relationships

Rolling Quarters

Ideal Week

  • Categories and Projects

  • Schedule First

  • Listen, Read, Watch

  • Daily Start/Stop Routine

  • Daily Themes and Schedule

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Daily Audit + Weekly Review

Galatians 6:7
Don’t be misled—you cannot mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you plant.

Daily Audit

  1. Scheduling mindfully

  2. Top three tasks for the day

  3. Recording tasks throughout the day and rolling tasks over to the next day

  4. Theme each day and group tasks together

Review

  1. Record highs, lows, significant lessons learned, or observations

  2. Grade your week 

Bible Study + Reading Plan

Romans 12:2
Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.

Spend time reading the Bible every day.

Psalm 119:105
Your word is a lamp to guide my feet
and a light for my path.

Tips when reading the Bible.

  1. Read it as a story about God not you.

  2. Read it as it was meant to be read.

  3. Read it all.

Any investment you make will pay off. No discipline has the potential to impact your life more than spending quality time getting to know your Bible every day. Even (and maybe especially) the parts that are weird or hard to understand.

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The Lord’s Prayer + Prayer Targets

Matthew 11:28-30
Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light.”

1 Peter 5:7
Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you.

The Lord's Prayer

  1. Start with worship

  2. Surrender your life or circumstance

  3. Make your requests

  4. Reflect on your life and relationships

  5. Prayer for protection

Personal Prayer Targets

  1. Your family

  2. Your church

  3. Your relationships

  4. Your influence

  5. Your spiritual growth