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Entrepreneurs are not unusual to work on energy on energy and I am not exception. I have taken up to 60-70 hours of for decades and I would like to think that I am not bad for wear. However, as many work leaders, I saw the energy level decreased after intensive projects. For example, after the preparations for the IPO in preparation for the week, I was obsolete for weeks, how old I was and surprised what needed to rest.
The way I think about productivity has changed. Entrepreneurs Love to talk about time management – optimize the schedules to squeeze more than the day – but I learn it is not a real limit. Energy. You can carefully plan your calendar, but if you don’t have any energy to execute, none of it is important.
Arianna Huffington broke the cheek bone in this process, when he was wearing, he learned this difficult way. In countless founders, they ran to the ground by thinking that he was working to work more – until the wall hit. And in some of the workplace drift in some, in some of which people call the human energy crisis.
Good news? Energy management is a learned skill and when you mastered it, you do not only escape burning – you open a higher level of productivity, creativity and sustainability.
Four approaches that you recommend your energy level and to develop your work.
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1. Set your energy vampires (and amplifiers)
It is no secret that low energy can put a serious damper to productivity. Fatigue costs employers every year for $ 136 billion. However, leaders who understand how to manage themselves and how to manage their teams can significantly increase their capabilities to see energy.
Energy management often gives hand in hand with time management, but not the same thing. Also keep your energy high, it requires clear understanding of drains and what you have. If you are not sure, a great place to get started by following your daily activities.
The biggest drainage for me is not engaged or not too much, but also conflict in business relationships. In the true sense of the literally, it causes me to keep me at night, especially how the massive energy vampire of bad relations can be a balloon. Flexide, good relationships can be large energy amplifiers and studies show that leaders who prioritize the coordinator are more productive, enthusiastic and loyal.
2. Return the reserve from discharge tasks and people
You will not be able to escape anything that drains, but you can find ways to control the problem areas. Means investing in improving the situation for me. When things become harder, I saw that many entrepreneurs cut and fled, but I believe that it’s worth the effort to do something.
Here is an example: When a contact with a team member is excellent, I assume the best intentions. But if it doesn’t go well, I often think of the worst. The change of this requires me to step back and re-communicate with how I react from someone else. It is an easy hack to turn my perspective into a more positive frame, and it helps me to clean my biases and fix the relationship.
We must all have our own side, rather than the ‘energy vampire’, which put the fault of all of us. If it doesn’t work the best, it may be time to end the relationship if it doesn’t work.
Whatever you do, don’t expect a catastrophic moment to take action. Think to replace energy drains with things that fill you. For me, time carving for basics – lifestyle habits like sleep, nutrition, exercise and family time – and create an optimized work environment for streaming condition. It is important to minimize breaks and minimizing breaks, and to ensure the level of energy level through deep work, and many people can benefit from this.
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3. If you cannot optimize an energy cavity, find a job (it can be taken simply)
We all have to do what we do not enjoy at work and sometimes there is no way around it. You can be charming to cut a tired job completely, but think of it, can it be an energy boost if you can optimize the situation?
For example, I realized that I can like the conference network more that together with two or three people, I can make the conference network more than if possible.
Small optimization can pass a long way to make a negative way, but I find that every task is helpful to accept that it will not be an energy amplifier.
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4. Energy Lead: Set expectations and hold the speed high
You can model healthy energy management in your role as a team leader, but you can also set clear goals and expectations that eliminate energy waste arguments. If you do this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this is this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this is this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this is this, this, this is this, this is this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this is this, this, this, this is this, this. None of these points can be massive energy drainage for your team.
Being a crystal in the big picture helps the spirits to be high when the days are long. Moreover, the identification of endpoint and record markers can affect motivation and moral high levels (and really can really lead to success). Each year, as a witness in our Black Friday sales campaign, when each department is rooted for success and hit our dashboard.
If you take something, this is not a luxury to manage your energy – it is a necessity. The most productive entrepreneurs are not only the masters of the calendars, they are their endurance and their teams. Ask yourself before you have already dialing another hour to your full day: do I drive my time or manage my energy?