Lots of leaders are always
tired and living on empty. Is there a way to increase your energy level without
becoming addictive to energy drinks or talking some pill? Dan Rockwell shares
ten ways to find more energy every day.
Originally posted by Dan Rockwell
10 Ways to Find More Energy Today
1. Reject the need to
be right all the time. The person who needs to be right,
ends up drained by fools.
2. Say yes to
activities where you make the most difference. Shoot to spend at least 70% of your time in meaningful
activities. Do the stuff you hate early in the day.
3. Make fewer
commitments. Regret drains energy.
Learn to say no, kindly and without defensiveness. The bad feeling you have when you
don’t fulfill a commitment weakens your soul.
4. Stop trying to
change people. Accept your team and
organization as they are. Acceptance
isn’t approval or agreement. People change themselves.
Frustration over battles you
can’t win drains energy. Help people improve, when they want to
improve. The frustration you feel about them, drains their energy too.
5. Surround yourself
with people who aspire to be better. Look
for people who know enough to know that they don’t know. Be one, too.
6. Look forward to
something. Anticipation is energy. Tap
into the “I just want to get this done” energy. But, be sure there’s something
positive on the other side of “just getting things done.”
7. Don’t depend on
people who are undependable.
8. Notice small acts of
kindness. Appreciate people who
hold the door open, for example.
9. Work within the
framework of established authority. Only
buck the system when you can make it better.
10. Look up and breathe
deep. Stop looking at the ground so
much. People who look
down are down. Looking up doesn’t solve problems, it
improves outlook.
Bonus: Deal with
negative emotion, even if you can’t solve negative issues. The way you feel about a thing change you, not the thing.
Where might leaders find
energy today?
Which of these 10 ways
to find energy today are most useful to you?
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