Managing Energy

Review Steven Covey’s Urgent/Important Matrix

• Planning and evaluating how you are using the matrix.
• How to deal with the 'unplanned'?
• What's the bigger yes!

The Power of Full Engagement

Energy

• Energy is the fundamental currency of high performance.
• Capacity is a function of ones ability to expend and recover energy.
• Every thought, feeling and action has an energy consequence.

List values and evaluate how they affect your life.  Get rid of the people, tasks that affect your energy negatively.

Principle 1

Full engagement requires drawing on all four sources of energy: Physical, Emotional, Mental and Spiritual

Principle 2

Because energy capacity diminishes with both overuse and underuse, we must balance both energy expenditure and energy renewal.

Principle 3

To build capacity we must push beyond our normal limits, training in the same way elite athletes do

Principle 4

Positive energy rituals, specific routines for managing energy, are the key to full engagement and sustained high performance.

Toleration List - list what you tolerate and either get rid of the toleration list or accept it.

Physical

• Fundamental source of fuel
• Affects alertness, emotional management,concentration, creativity and commitment

• Patterns of breathing
• What food we eat and when
• Quality and quantity of sleep
• Recovery opportunities during the day
• Level of fitness

Emotional

• Emotions such as fear, anxiety, anger,  sadness are associated with the release of specific stress hormones

• Our self confidence
• Our ability to self regulate
• Our interpersonal effectiveness
• Our ability to emphasise

Mental

• Defines the ability to focus our energy
• Allows us to concentrate
• Move between broad and narrow
• Internal and external focus
• permits us realistic optimism

• Our mental preparation and our visualisation
• Our positive self talk
• Our interpersonal effectiveness
• Our ability to manage our time effectively

Spiritual

• Derived from our connection to deeply held set of values

• Our courage and conviction to live by our values
• Our passion
• Our commitment
• Our integrity and honesty

Training system

• Define the purpose
• Face the truth - How are you managing your energy now
• Take action