The varying degrees of your energy level can be your best friend or your worst enemy. Sometimes you have to have the energy to complete a task or activity and other times you seem to have the most energy when you’re trying to relax. If you can learn how to manage your energy levels effectively, you can move ahead rather than lag behind.
Here are some tips about how to manage your energy levels so that you’re ready for anything – any time.
1. Determine the times you’re most energetic. Some people are more energetic in the mornings and others are night owls. You should be able to determine from past experience which time of day you get more done. Those are the times you should schedule the most difficult or mind bending of tasks.
2. Identify what drains you of your energy. Be honest about this assessment. When you know which obstacles and situations keep you from being the best you can be, you can do what it takes to minimize them or eradicate them from your life.
3. When you do have energy is it negative or positive? If you have lots of energy, but your output is all about negativity, you are likely in a constant reactive mode rather than a positive, active mode. Negative, but energetic people never seem to have enough time to get things done.
4. Use your energy to make headway, not merely survive. We all have increasing demands on our time. The way that we meet it determines whether we go through life just barely getting by or having the energy to advance. Quit rushing through in survival mode simply to get things done. Choose performance over immediate solutions.
5. Be consistent in the way you handle situations. When you experience energy highs and lows, you may find yourself reacting to situations according to your energy level. If you’re energetic, you can be positive, but if you’re lethargic you could react in a totally negative manner. Try to be consistent in your reactions and it will help your energy levels to be consistent.
Thomas Leonard, a highly successful financial planner and business entrepreneur says that time is an illusion – “There’s no such thing as time management. There’s only activity management in the time we’re given.” How much activity you get done in that allotted time is directly responsible for how energetic you are.
'Time is fixed, energy flex's'
Make your activities into priorities according to your energy level. Performing low-energy tasks at times when you’re least energetic and high-energy tasks at times when you energy level is highest can help you meet all the demands and expectations and still have time to relax and enjoy life.
Simple doesn't always mean easy, so take things slowly and you will find that your ability to do things will get easier and quicker...with more energy to spare.
Good luck, Paul.
Make Your Body Work For You
Season 2: Your Energy And You
You must have energy to enjoy and achieve results from anything you do in life. Some people seem to have an abundance of energy to do anything, while others struggle with every little task they face. There are ways to increase your personal energy and become a vibrant and successful person.
To enjoy a happy and vibrant energy level, and shift from lack of energy to an abundance of energy, you must tap into the powers that only you hold – starting with being able to love yourself enough to take care of yourself.
You, and only you, can make the choices that determine whether you will be successful or always sitting outside of the success you want and deserve. Make wise choices when it comes to your well being.
Season 1: Body Language And You
You thought everything was fine at work. Now you’re caught up in a workplace drama and have no idea how you got there. What do you do when you’ve been saying all the right things to the right people and are still up a tree?
Chances are, while the words were great when talking to your coworkers, your body language wasn’t. Where did you go wrong?
Does this sound all too familiar as it will happen to most people at some point in their lives. Whether it is at work, socially or with family we often get caught up in the unexpected dramas of others not understanding you.
This series helps you get the basics right in giving of the right meaning so that you are saying what you want and not giving off unexpected messages.
Have fun and try them out, after all change only happens when you take action.
Best wishes,
Paul Mracek
