I answered “busy” when asked about my schedule recently, but when asked if I was being productive, I hesitated and finally answered “hope so.” Many of us might respond the same way. Consider the five tenants of strategic energy application in this thought-provoking article where Peter Bregman suggests 89 percent of us are operating without much to spare.
Source: Harvard Business Review, March 8, 2016.
So we need to be strategic about where we put our energy so that we apply it to what matters most. Here’s five ways to start:
- Track your energy.
- Know what matters.
- Plan wise energy investment.
- Plan where not to invest.
- Don’t overthink it.
INSIGHTS: Peter Bregman interviews Tom Rath, author, in the interview linked here. Some quotes include:
- “Getting a solid night of sleep is an investment in being productive the next day.”
- “There is a degree to which we are just pawns of the social network we’re involved in.”
- “We always have the power to make that choice to set the tone in our next interaction.”
