The episode you're about to listen to was released back when the mere Christians podcast was called the call to mastery

Now if you love mere Christians, you're still going to love these older episodes because the majority of each

conversation focuses on how the gospel influences the work of our guests. With that disclaimer out of the way, please enjoy the episode. Hey everybody welcome to the call to mastery. I'm Jordan Rayner. This is a

podcast for Christians who want to do their most exceptional work for the glory of

God and the good of others.

Every week, I host a conversation with a Christian

who's pursuing world-class mastery of their craft.

We talk about their path to mastery, their daily habits. of their

daily habits and how the gospel influences their work. Today's guest is John Brandon. He's

an absurdly productive journalist.

Over the last 20 years, he's written more than 18,000 articles

for publications like Forbes, Inc. magazine, Wired, and Macworld.

John and I recently sat down to talk about how the Johari

window can help us understand ourselves and our work, what our, quote,

reticular activating system, end quote,

has to do with our addiction to social media,

and a few seven minute routines that can make you more productive towards the work God

has called you to do.

Please enjoy this conversation with my friend John Brandon.

John Brandon, welcome to the call to mastery.

Hey, thanks for having me. Yeah, I was trying to remember when I was preparing for this. How do we meet? We've been

friends for about a year now. How do we first connect?

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