Personal Energy Management

We achieve our goals through cycles of accumulating our personal energy
and re-focusing our personal energy.

To have more energy to accomplish our goals we need to take care of these three areas:
1.  Preserve our energy for our priorities.
2.  Focus our energy on our priorities and work smoothly and efficiently
3.  Regularly renew and gradually expend your energy.

1.  Preserve your energy for your priorities.
Mend or patch the leaks of your energy.
Acquiring peace of mind preserves us from overspending our energy.
Proactively attain peace of mind.
Ironically, becoming more productive often starts with taking a break.
Worrying wastes a lot of our energy.
Down-regulate your extreme emotions like worrying and stress.
Extreme emotions hijack our thinking.
Experiencing extreme emotions often leads to making mistakes and wasting of our energy.
Life is full of traps, but with experience we learn to go around them most of the time.
Figure out the sources of your stress and then maneuver or surf among them.
Distance yourself from toxic people and energy vampires.
Stay away from emotional garbage. Don’t internalize emotional garbage, ignore it.
Arguing wastes a lot of our energy. Don’t allow yourself to get involved in an argument,
because it backfires. “Win in an argument - lose a partner.”
Instead, consider playing stupid to avoid an argument.
When we down-regulate your extreme emotions, we can hear our the signals from our inner voice.

2.  Focus your energy on your priorities and work smoothly and efficiently
Think of the most productive way you can distribute your energy throughout the day.
Re-focus on your priorities and introduce small improvements.
Work smoothly and efficiently.
When we work non-stop for several hours our productivity goes down and we tend to make mistakes.
Monitor your personal energy and protect yourself from overspending your energy.
When we are well-rested, our mind is clear and we are more productive.
Take brief breaks to renew your energy.
Save your time by taking a nice brief break.

3.  Gradually expend and renew your energy.
Get sufficient sleep every night.
Go for a walk, oxygenate your body and improve your blood circulation.
Smile and re-focus on positive thoughts.
Our energy is generated through flow and circulation of fluids in our body.
To generate enough energy we need to learn how to guide the flow of fluids in our body.
Invest some of your time and energy in your capacity to generate more energy the next week.
Sometimes we need to unplug 100% and give our body and mind a little break to recover and recharge.
Train your body to generate more energy natural way,
not by using harmful artificial stimulators.

We tend to forget our wise principles in the morning, then our old habits take over and we allow other people to exploit and suck out our time and energy. We need to remind ourselves these rules every morning.


Vocabulary

to preserve – экономить
to mend – латать
to patch – латать
leak – утечка
to acquire – приобретать
proactively – заблаговременно
ironically – по иронии судьбы
to hijack – захватывать
to lead – приводить (к)
to waste – бессмысленно расходовать
trap – ловушка
to figure out – выяснять
source – источник
to maneuver – маневрировать
to internalize – принимать близко к сердцу
to distance – держать дистанцию
to backfire – ‘отрекошетить’
to argue – спорить
argument – спор
instead – вместо
to distribute – распределять
throughout – на протяжении всего
gradually – постепенно
sufficient – достаточный
to oxygenate – наполнять кислородом
blood circulation – кровообращение
flow – поток
fluid – жидкость
to guide – направлять
capacity – способность
to tend – иметь тенденцию
to suck out – высасывать
to remind – напоминать