Energy, not Time, is the Key to High Performance
October 29th 2010 06:29
I was recently introduced to a fascinating book "The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal" by Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz.
As the sub-title of the book very clearly says the key to high performance, especially through difficult times, and over the long-run, is being able to successfully manage your personal energy. Effectively managing your energy is apparently even more important than being able to manage your time well.
I have often faced situations where even though I have had adequate time allotted in my schedule for a task, come time to attend to it, I have lacked the requisite motivation or will to do it.
Like many people I have often struggled with what I have until very recently labeled procrastination. But I have discovered that what I, and many others, call procrastination is not always just about being lazy and postponing dealing with things. Very often it is just a symptom of not having managed one's energy levels well.
So if you are finding yourself unable to get to those tasks in a timely fashion and with a sense of let's get this done, you may benefit from reading "The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal" by Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz. Learning to manage our personal energy levels effectively should lead us towards greater personal effectiveness.
By the way, I expect to have occasion in the near future to write more about personal energy, and that pesky, perennial, almost universal problem of procrastination.
Let me know through the comments section if that would be of interest to you.
As the sub-title of the book very clearly says the key to high performance, especially through difficult times, and over the long-run, is being able to successfully manage your personal energy. Effectively managing your energy is apparently even more important than being able to manage your time well.
The Power of Full Engagement
I have often faced situations where even though I have had adequate time allotted in my schedule for a task, come time to attend to it, I have lacked the requisite motivation or will to do it.
Like many people I have often struggled with what I have until very recently labeled procrastination. But I have discovered that what I, and many others, call procrastination is not always just about being lazy and postponing dealing with things. Very often it is just a symptom of not having managed one's energy levels well.
So if you are finding yourself unable to get to those tasks in a timely fashion and with a sense of let's get this done, you may benefit from reading "The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal" by Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz. Learning to manage our personal energy levels effectively should lead us towards greater personal effectiveness.
By the way, I expect to have occasion in the near future to write more about personal energy, and that pesky, perennial, almost universal problem of procrastination.
Let me know through the comments section if that would be of interest to you.
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