Monthly Archives: February 2012

February 27, 2012 by Jeffrey Arrowood 0

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Catholic Time Management: Four Steps to Taking Back Your Time

Busyness is the dangerous myth we all fall prey to. Our true problem is being overloaded and lacking margin. The solution to these challenges is the virtue of prudence, which leads us to set our priorities, goals and objectives. So let’s start taking a closer look at the solution. I am...

February 24, 2012 by Jeffrey Arrowood 0

Keys to Prudence: Setting Priorities, Goals and Objectives

Prudence is the virtue of identifying what is truly good for us and making a plan to get it. Translated into practical action, the first step of prudence is to set your priorities, objectives, goals and actions. Let's take a look at each of these steps to exercising...

February 14, 2012 by Jeffrey Arrowood 0

Busyness: Four Ways Prudence Helps Us Conquer Busyness and Overload

Catholic Tradition holds an ancient solution to the very modern challenges of busyness, time management, margin and overload: Prudence. I addressed this solution in a previous article. Here we'll get practical. We'll explore very specific ways that thecardinal virtue of prudence helps us conquer busyness and overload and build margin into...

February 11, 2012 by Jeffrey Arrowood 0

Four Ways to Build Your Inner Sanctuary

Are You Overwhelmed by the World? When I talk to people about the obstacles they face in growing in their faith, one response that I get quite consistently is the problem of being distracted by the world. The world constantly clamours for our attention. Just think about All...

February 8, 2012 by Jeffrey Arrowood 0

The 6 Most Important Areas in Your Life to Build Margin

I have found the concepts of Overload and Margin to be not only useful, but nearly transforming in my life. Reading Dr. Richard Swenson’s book was a true awakening for me. “Oh, that’s my problem!” I highly recommend Dr. Swenson's first book! You can buy it here at From the...

February 3, 2012 by Jeffrey Arrowood 0

Busyness is a Myth? OK Smartypants, then What is the Real Problem?

I really believe that margin is the real underlying problem that we perceive as busyness. And that's really good news! You see, margin is totally under our control, whereas busyness is not. We can plan and strategize to increase margin in our life. And that his very unlike...

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