How to Get Unstuck: Breaking Free from Barriers to Your Productivity

Matt Perman

May 2018 · Sold by Zondervan

About this ebook

How to Get Unstuck introduces readers to the ten core principles at the heart of becoming an effective person whose life genuinely flourishes and impacts others positively.

Bad news first: we all get stuck. It's a fact of life. But the good news is that it is possible to get unstuck and overcome the obstacles to doing great work and getting the right things done. The question becomes: How do you get "unstuck" in your productivity in both work and life—and how to do it in a spiritually healthy way?

Matt Perman—author of What's Best Next and director of career development at The King's College, NYC—has spent his career helping people learn how to do work in a gospel-centered and effective way, combining theological substance with practical self-management. In How to Get Unstuck, he will walk you step-by-step through the core principles that free you to be more effective in everything you do by helping you:

• Understand how you get stuck and what your obstacles are.
• Prepare to get unstuck by grappling with who you are and how you see yourself.
• Develop a practice of personal management.
• Overcome obstacles and adapt to unforeseen problems.

Drawing on the wisdom of the Bible and on the best of today's research, How to Get Unstuck shows believers and non-believers alike how to live productive, integrated lives and develops a poignant portrayal of true effectiveness.

*Included is a detailed plan for getting started using the principles and applying them to real life situations.

Ratings and reviews

How to Get Unstuck is enlightening, liberating, and helpful. I would pay the price of the book just to get to read the chapters on urgency vs. importance and on the cruciality of vision. I’ve laughed out loud and nearly cried at several points in the book. At times it reads a bit like a textbook or manual, but the majority of the time it reads more like a wise old grandparent sharing wisdom around the campfire while sipping something stimulating. I want to be honest and confess that I was stuck before I read it, and I’ve been stuck while reading it. I’ve even felt stuck in the actual act of reading, finding it hard to finish the book due to all the demands in my life I feel tugging me in a dozen different directions (shows how badly I need this book!). Yet, these pages have been like oil on the neck and head that time as a two-year-old you got stuck between the stair banisters, and you somehow twisted your way out to freedom – it became easier to read the book the more I read it, and the things keeping me locked down lost much of their tight grip. I’m almost out of the stairway, and I’m indebted to the unsticking force of Perman’s balm. Thank you for writing this book! It’s changing my life!

About the author

Matt Perman is the director of career development at The King’s College NYC and cofounder of What’s Best Next, an organization that helps empower Christians to be more productive in all areas of life, and to do so in a way that is God-centered and gospel-driven. Previously, he served as director of marketing at Made to Flourish and was director of strategy at Desiring God for thirteen years. He is the author of What's Best Next: How the Gospel Transforms the Way You Get Things Done (Zondervan, 2014). Matt has an MDiv in biblical and theological studies from Southern Seminary and a Project Management Professional certification from the Project Management Institute. Matt is a frequent speaker on the topics of leadership and productivity from a God-centered perspective and also consults with businesses and nonprofits, focusing on startups devoted to solving large global problems. He blogs at www.whatsbestnext.com.