Imagine your life as a mobile phone.
A mobile phone comes with a rechargeable battery. It usually lasts three days.
In these three days, you can make calls up to six hours.
Now imagine that you turn on wi-fi on your phone.
Then you turn on bluetooth.
Then you turn on a few more applications.
What will happen to the battery? It will drain out much faster. Maybe in one day.
Are you actually using the bluetooth? No.
Are you actually using the wi-fi? Not all the time.
Are you actually using those apps? No.
Now, when you want to make a call, you can't because you ran out of battery.
Let's make an analogy to life.
The battery is your energy level.
Wi-fi and bluetooth are unfulfilled commitments or huge time wasters or bad relationships.
Let's say that you have a debt. You think about it all the time. This drains your energy. Or you meet someone who is a negative person. He changes your mood. Or you've promised something and you think all the time "I must do this, I must do this".
This drains your energy.
Now, let's say you have a little more things on your plate. You promised to make a call. You've made a mental note to pay that bill. You want to post here. You want to read that book. You want to do x, y, z.
The commitments alone, unless organized, will leave you with 25% of your normal energy. And how much can you get done in that 25%?
Not much.
So, the secret is to manage your energy, not your time. Try to have as little energy wasters as possibles. Then, remember that life is a series of short sprints, not a marathon.
Want to know what is my current time management system?
I spend half of the day recharging my energy.
And I spend half of the day working on the most important tasks, those which will pay the bills and allow me to outsource the rest.
That's all. I'm not waking up at 07:00, drinking two cups of coffee and getting to work in my underwear. I prepare my body first then I make sure that when I actually work, I do my best.
I first charge the battery and then drain it.
Do you apply this principle in your life too?
Razvan
PS: For a more comprehensive explanation of this concept, please buy the book "The Power of Full Engagement" by Tony Schwartz.
A mobile phone comes with a rechargeable battery. It usually lasts three days.
In these three days, you can make calls up to six hours.
Now imagine that you turn on wi-fi on your phone.
Then you turn on bluetooth.
Then you turn on a few more applications.
What will happen to the battery? It will drain out much faster. Maybe in one day.
Are you actually using the bluetooth? No.
Are you actually using the wi-fi? Not all the time.
Are you actually using those apps? No.
Now, when you want to make a call, you can't because you ran out of battery.
Let's make an analogy to life.
The battery is your energy level.
Wi-fi and bluetooth are unfulfilled commitments or huge time wasters or bad relationships.
Let's say that you have a debt. You think about it all the time. This drains your energy. Or you meet someone who is a negative person. He changes your mood. Or you've promised something and you think all the time "I must do this, I must do this".
This drains your energy.
Now, let's say you have a little more things on your plate. You promised to make a call. You've made a mental note to pay that bill. You want to post here. You want to read that book. You want to do x, y, z.
The commitments alone, unless organized, will leave you with 25% of your normal energy. And how much can you get done in that 25%?
Not much.
So, the secret is to manage your energy, not your time. Try to have as little energy wasters as possibles. Then, remember that life is a series of short sprints, not a marathon.
Want to know what is my current time management system?
I spend half of the day recharging my energy.
And I spend half of the day working on the most important tasks, those which will pay the bills and allow me to outsource the rest.
That's all. I'm not waking up at 07:00, drinking two cups of coffee and getting to work in my underwear. I prepare my body first then I make sure that when I actually work, I do my best.
I first charge the battery and then drain it.
Do you apply this principle in your life too?
Razvan
PS: For a more comprehensive explanation of this concept, please buy the book "The Power of Full Engagement" by Tony Schwartz.
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