| Think about how much time you have spent trying | | | | gives you the ability to concentrate on the task at |
| to organize and reorganize your time to fit | | | | hand, sustain concentration, and to move flexibly |
| everything in. Do you have charts and calendars set | | | | between focus areas. The same positive emotions |
| up to try to keep you on task? Maybe you have | | | | that enhance emotional energy also play a key role in |
| even taken a class or read books on time | | | | the development of mental energy. Positive emotions |
| management that guarantee that you will reduce | | | | drive performance in everything from tasks of daily |
| your stress and be able to accomplish everything you | | | | living to career advancement to competitive sports. |
| need to do each day. The truth is that managing | | | | When you achieve a peak performance you are |
| time is not that easy. Primarily because time is finite | | | | investing your full and best energy - staying focused |
| and no matter what you do you can not change that | | | | on the present. |
| there are only 24 hours in a day. With this sobering | | | | Spiritual energy refers to your personal intensity and |
| reality, there is a light at the end of the tunnel. | | | | force. Spirit is the connection to a deeply held set of |
| Instead of focusing on time management, focus on | | | | values and to a purpose beyond our self-interest. |
| energy management. Energy is renewable and you | | | | Elements that support spirit and spiritual practices |
| can build your personal energy capacity to be able to | | | | include passion, commitment, integrity, and honesty. |
| accomplish more and enjoy yourself in the time you | | | | Living this connection through your work, home life, |
| are given. Your personal energy capacity is directly | | | | and daily habits evolves you to a higher level of |
| link to your overall well-being. With demands at work | | | | engagement that impacts your relationships, personal |
| and home continuing to rise, it is imperative that you | | | | authenticity, and your ability to achieve results. |
| focus back on your own wellness and develop | | | | Making the connections between your physical, |
| strategies that can systematically expand and | | | | emotional, mental, and spiritual energy fits with the |
| regularly renew your energy. By valuing your personal | | | | philosophy of wellness, which is all about striving to |
| wellness and developing positive lifestyle rituals you | | | | become whole. So, how do you manage your energy |
| can optimize your success in all aspects of your life, | | | | in a way that will result in continuous expansion and |
| including relationships with friends, family, and | | | | renewal? The answer is found in the practice of |
| co-workers, physical fitness, disease prevention, and | | | | good self-care that results in optimal health and |
| finding work-life balance. | | | | wellness. |
| To enhance your personal wellness and build your | | | | Look at each energy source and develop expansion |
| energy capacity it is important to look at four | | | | and renewal goals around each. Physical energy relies |
| sources of energy; physical, emotional, mental, and | | | | on the acts of moving your body, following a |
| spiritual energy. In the book The Power of Full | | | | balanced diet, and getting adequate rest. Start a new |
| Engagement, Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz go into | | | | exercise routine, consult with a dietitian to make sure |
| great depth on these four energy sources. Based on | | | | your fueling your body appropriately, and strive to |
| their research and my personal experience as a | | | | get 7-8 hours of sleep each night. Emotional energy |
| health and wellness professional a brief description of | | | | can be boosted simply by reframing your perspective |
| each follows. | | | | on life. Instead of thinking about how impossible it will |
| Physical energy is quantitative. This is your core | | | | be to reach a deadline at work, train yourself to |
| energy based on your nutrition, physical fitness, rest, | | | | embrace the challenge and celebrate your smaller |
| and renewal. The body provides the fundamental fuel | | | | successes along the way. |
| needed to handle the challenges of daily living. A | | | | Another example is when it is time to exercise but |
| person who is physically fit, eats healthy, and | | | | the weather is less than ideal, instead of focusing on |
| receives adequate rest is some one who is capable | | | | the inclement weather think about how you can |
| of managing their emotions, sustaining concentration, | | | | enjoy this experience (i.e. you enjoy the beauty of |
| thinking creatively, and maintaining a commitment to | | | | the snow and the quiet as it falls around you) or |
| specified missions. Having good physical energy also | | | | have an alternative plan to exercise inside. Mental |
| helps a person handle sudden challenges that s/he is | | | | energy requires that you be able to maintain your |
| confronted with on a daily basis. | | | | focus, so if there are distractions and stress that are |
| Emotional energy refers to a more qualitative | | | | affecting your ability to focus it is time to address |
| approach to your overall well-being. Specifically, how | | | | them. This will look different from one person to the |
| do you feel when you are performing at your best? | | | | next. Maybe you need a professional therapist to |
| Positive emotions result in higher energy levels. If you | | | | work through past experiences, a coach to help you |
| are optimistic, confident, and sufficiently challenged, | | | | move forward, or simply a chance to recharge with a |
| then you will be more likely to perform at your best | | | | relaxing vacation. Finally, to renew spiritual energy try |
| and meet or exceed the results you are working | | | | something as simple as walking in nature, reading an |
| toward. During periods of intense stress having the | | | | inspirational book, listening to music, hearing a great |
| ability to call on positive emotions and communicate | | | | speaker, meditation, yoga, or prayer. |
| your needs with positive energy can help you cope | | | | By changing your focus from time management to |
| and work through whatever comes your way. Being | | | | energy management, you will be amazed at what |
| emotionally well helps you see beyond the stress of | | | | you can achieve in the same amount of time. The |
| the moment and focus back on the big picture for | | | | quality of your experiences and the level of your |
| where you want to be, who you want to be, and | | | | accomplishments will reach new levels. Most |
| how you want to achieve the desired outcome. | | | | importantly, you will be spending your precious time |
| Mental energy refers to your ability to prioritize your | | | | on something that you have the ability to manipulate |
| focus. Your mental capacity is used to organize your | | | | and control instead of trying to find ways to add |
| life and focus your attention. Having a healthy mind | | | | more hours to your day. |