![]() ![]() The energy you bring to the table matters too. ![]() But as we know, managing time by itself is not the answer. The term 24/ 7 describes a world in which work never ends.įorever starved for time we try to fit everything into each day. We take pride in our ability to multitask, and we wear our willingness to put in long hours as a badge of honor. We walk around with day planners and to-do lists, Palm Pilots and BlackBerries, instant pagers and pop-up reminders on our computers- all designed to help us manage our time better. We return home from long days at work feeling exhausted and often experience our families not as a source of joy and renewal, but as one more demand in an already overburdened life. Faced with relentless demands at work, we become short-tempered and easily distracted. We survive on too little sleep, wolf down fast foods on the run, fuel up with coffee and cool down with alcohol and sleeping pills. When demand exceeds our capacity, we begin to make expedient choices that get us through our days and nights, but take a toll over time. Most of us are just trying to do the best that we can. We race through our lives without pausing to consider who we really want to be or where we really want to go. We skim across the surface, alighting for brief moments at dozens of destinations but rarely remaining for long at any one. We celebrate breadth rather than depth, quick reaction more than considered reflection. Our rhythms are rushed, rapid fire and relentless, our days carved up into bits and bytes. We live in a digital time, which Schwartz and Loehr capture so eloquently: In The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal Tony Schwartz and Jim Loehr argue if you start matching your energy to your task is the key to excelling. ![]() But what if there was another way to think about the problem? They cut meetings short, send curt emails, and generally try to squeeze out a few extra minutes. You finally get some time just before you’re supposed to go home to work on your most important project but you’re tired and not thinking as well as you want to.įaced with this situation, most people start to manage their time. Before you know it, your whole morning has been hijacked. It’s easy to come into the office, sit at your desk and start checking email. One of the most common mistakes I see people make is that they don’t match the energy to the task. Here, we examine the four key principles of energy management. Managing your energy lets you fully engage with whatever you’re doing. We’re often told to manage our time, but managing our energy can be far more effective. ![]()
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