Tag Archive for: Summer reading

564 – Eat That Frog Finale

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This week the WELSTech discussion happens from the same location as Martin and Sallie talk tech-in-ministry from WELS headquarters, the Center for Mission and Ministry. Tune in for the last installment of the Eat That Frog! book discussion as well as tech for starry nights.

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That’s all, folks – We’ve arrived at summer’s end and also the end of the WELSTech book discussion of Eat That Frog! by Brian Tracy. Martin and Sallie discuss Chapter 21 – Single Handle every Task – and recap their favorite takeaways from the book.

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Tune in to the Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary live stream archive of opening service for the 2018-19 school year.

Coming up on WELSTech:

Episode 565 – WELSTech returns to regular programming as Martin and Sallie discuss their bullet journals plus bring you lots more WELSTech goodness! Release date: Wednesday, September 4.

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563 – Wisdom and Folly

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WELSTech is back with our summer book discussion of Eat That Frog! plus a couple of “ultimate guides” to organize your Chrome bookmarks and your Apple iCloud storage. The WELS Google Schools Community has also been active with talk about bring your own device, classroom current events resources, and explaining MAP test results.

The discussion:

Creating time and urgency – The WELSTech summer book discussion – Eat That Frog! by Brian Tracy – has reached chapters 19 and 20. Eating frogs, or getting difficult tasks done, involves opposing forces at times – scheduling time for tasks AND discipling yourself to keep the appointments, as well as getting important work done quickly AND well.

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Enjoy a musical treat from the MLC College Choir, Uncloudy Day, to celebrate the beginning of a new school year at Martin Luther College.

Coming up on WELSTech:

Episode 564 – Summer is officially over as WELSTech wraps up our summer book discussion with chapter 21 of Eat That Frog! Release date: Wednesday, August 29.

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562 – Salami & Swiss

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This week’s WELSTech discussion is best consumed on a full stomach! We cover methods for slicing and dicing tasks to divide large tasks into manageable pieces. Sallie shares a new Bible app that gets smart about your photos and Koiné has a new worship media web site.

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Hungry for productivity – As the title of WELSTech’s summer book choice (Eat That Frog! by Brian Tracy) suggests, there are some tasty topics to be explored. This week we talk about focusing attention (chapter 17) and slicing and dicing tasks (chapter 18), and there is food involved!

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We’ve added the YouVersion Bible Lens mobile app overview to the WELSTech Product Demos playlist on YouTube.

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Episode 563 – Learn the secrets of creating large chunks of time during next week’s discussion of chapters 19 & 20 of Eat That Frog! Release date: Tuesday, August 21.

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561 – Terrible Master, Wonderful Servant

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WELSTech is back with the continued discussion of Brian Tracy’s Eat That Frog! This week the discussion focus is on technology, one of our favorite topics. We’ll also hear how Martin’s knowledge of photography landed him a major league gig and equips him to take great photos with his camera phone.

The discussion:

The wait is over – The summer book discussion of Brian Tracy’s Eat That Frog! has arrived at chapters 15 & 16, where technology takes center stage! Martin and Sallie share their thoughts on technology as a terrible master and a wonderful servant.

Plus, Theodore Kufahl responds to last week’s discussion of optimism with some thoughts on how a bit of pessimism might spur innovation. Is the glass half-full or half-empty? You decide.

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Apple Photos Overview is the newest addition to the WELSTech Instruction playlist on YouTube.

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Episode 562 – The book discussion continues with Chapters 17 & 18 of Eat That Frog! We’ll be focusing our attention and slicing and dicing tasks! Release date: Wednesday, August 15.

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560 – Yank Away

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Join the WELSTech conversation as we continue our journey through Brian Tracy’s Eat that Frog!, a book about eliminating procrastination and tackling the challenges we face on a daily basis. Martin has a new camera in his bag, and we hear from a WELSTech-er who took our discussion topic to the next level by offering a community outreach event. Plus, Sallie solves an age-old question about USB drives!

The discussion:

Positive motivation – Chapters 13 & 14 of Eat That Frog! by Brian Tracy are the subject of this week’s WELSTech discussion. Adopting an optimist mindset can enhance productivity as you see every “frog” as an opportunity for learning and identify lessons learned in every setback.

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Experience the excitement of the recent WELS International Youth Rally with this recap video.

Coming up on WELSTech:

Episode 561 – We’ve arrived at the chapters we’ve been waiting for in Eat That Frog! Chapters 15 & 16 are all about technology as servant not master. Release date: Wednesday, August 8.

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559 – Upgrading…Yourself

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WELSTech is back, this week with a look at ways to improve yourself and eliminate roadblocks that slow down your progress toward goals, straight from the pen of author Brian Tracy in Eat that Frog! The community mailbag overflows with WELSTech goodness, and Martin is “in sync” in a variety of ways.

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Improve the process – The WELSTech summer book review of Eat That Frog! by Brian Tracy passes the half-way point as Martin and Sallie discuss chapters 11 & 12. Topics include investing in enhancing key skills and removing “choke points” that get in the way of progress.

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Watch My 3 favorite Chrome extensions for Trello for a demo of Sallie’s picks of the week.

Coming up on WELSTech:

Episode 560- Self-motivation takes center stage in the discussion of Eat That Frog! chapters 13 & 14. Release date: Wednesday, August 1.

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558 – One Barrel At A Time

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It’s easy to get overwhelmed by the big, little and in-between things of life. This week’s WELSTech discusses taking things one step, or barrel, at a time. That is the metaphor Brian Tracy uses when trying to determine where you’re heading and staying on course. We received good feedback on audio quality from “listeners” and take a look at some education/summer learning Tweets.

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Prep & Direction – Martin and Sallie return to our summer book discussion of Eat That Frog! by Brian Tracy. Chapters 9 & 10 deal with getting ready to work so that no distractions or obstacles discourage you, and taking one step at a time to avoid being overwhelmed.

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Sallie tries her hand at Adobe Spark and produces a short video of her “Ark Encounter and Creation Museum” visits.

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Episode 559 – Chapters 11 and 12 of Eat That Frog! have Martin and Sallie talking about upgrading key skills and identifying key constraints. Release date: Wednesday, July 25.

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557 – All About the Audio

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There’s a big change in place with this week’s WELSTech. We’re going retro, meaning we’ll be producing audio-only podcast moving forward. But we’ve still got a great tech-in-ministry discussion for you, this week reviewing more of Eat That Frog!, sharing a couple of hardware picks, and featuring not one, but three videos!

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Key results – Martin and Sallie return to our summer book discussion of Eat That Frog! by Brian Tracy. Chapters 9 & 10 encourage us to identify our most important responsibilities and consider ways to improve in those areas.

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Enjoy sand art by artist Jason Jaspersen to accompany the 2018 Youth Rally theme song, Never Alone, performed by Koine. If you like the song and sand art, check out this playlist with four different versions of sand art for this song!

Coming up on WELSTech:

Episode 558 – Chapters 9 and 10 of Eat That Frog! have Martin and Sallie talking about proper preparation and oil barrels (??). Release date: Wednesday, July 18.

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556 – Easy as ABC

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On WELSTech this week, Sallie and Martin continue their review of the book Eat That Frog! by discussing the ABCDE prioritization approach from author Brian Tracy. A new debate begins – Trackpad vs Mouse. Be sure to chime in. Also, an announcement about the future of WELSTech…video.

The discussion:

Procrastinate on purpose – The discussion of Eat That Frog! by Brian Tracy continues as Martin and Sallie discuss chapters 5 & 6 and learn to say “No,” expand their vocabulary to include “posteriority,” and practice their ABCDEs, all to keep focus on the ugliest frogs in the swamp.

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Share this new video from Martin Luther College – The Imperfect College.

Coming up on WELSTech:

Episode 557 – Chapters 7 & 8 of Eat That Frog! are the topics on deck for this “new” WELSTech audio-only inaugural episode. Release date: Wednesday, July 11.

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555 – 80/20

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We continue our review of Eat That Frog! with a look at the 80/20 rule as well as future oriented thinking. Martin and Sallie have fun with Siri, and we find a great infographic on free stock photography.

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Look to the future – Martin and Sallie discuss chapters 3 & 4 of Eat That Frog! by Brian Tracy which focus on understand what has the most importance and will have the biggest impact, and giving yourself permission to let the other things go undone.

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Catch up on recent mission work in Latin America with this June 2018 Academia Cristo Update.

Coming up on WELSTech:

Episode 556 – The Eat That Frog! discussion continues with Chapter 5 – Practice Creative Procrastination, and Chapter 6 – Use the ABCDE Method Continually. Release date: Thursday, July 5.

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