Life at full capacity analyzes the four main types of energy: physical, emotional, mental and spiritual. These energies are interconnected, they can be spent and accumulated.
Jim Lauer, Tony Schwartz — About the Authors
Tony Schwartz is an American journalist and writer, bestselling author, founder and CEO.
Schwartz began his career as a journalist in 1975 and worked for the American media for 25 years. He wrote a column for The New York Post, was an assistant editor for Newsweek, a reporter for The New York Times, and a staff writer for New York Magazine and Esquire. In 1988, co-authored with Donald Trump, he published The Art of the Deal, which became a worldwide bestseller. In 1995, Tony Schwartz published What Really Matters: Searching for Wisdom in America.
In 1998, he co-authored the book Risking Failure, Surviving Success with the future head of The Walt Disney Company Michael Eisner. From 1993 to 2003, Tony Schwartz led the training company LGE Performance Systems as CEO. In 1999, in collaboration with Jim Loehr, chairman of the board of directors of LGE, he published the book “One hundred percent! How to organize a working day and succeed in business ”(eng. The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy Not Time).
The book became a Wall Street Journal #1 bestseller, topped the New York Times bestseller list for eight weeks, was translated into 28 languages, including Russian In 2003, Schwartz founded The Energy Project, in 2005 a European branch was opened with headquarters near London May 2013 Schwartz writes a weekly column - DealBook - in the financial news section of The New York Times. (c) Wikipedia
Jim Lauer is the Chairman and CEO of the Human Performance Institute, widely known for his work in the field of the psychology of high performance. His training center clients include hundreds of world-class athletes, police and secret services, rescue teams and FBI special forces. Since 1993, his center has been a success applies in practice independently developed principles of training not only famous athletes, but also top managers. The authors of the book, Jim Lauer and Tony Schwartz, explain with reason how to do this and why it is important. In addition, they offer new approaches to managing our power and talk about various aspects that are essential for the formation of positive energy reserves.
Life at full power— Book Review
Energy
We all often experience fatigue, irritability, lack of motivation, and other symptoms. According to the authors, this is due to the loss of positive energy. Therefore, people must have a balance between expended energy and recovered energy. Often our performance is not in the ability to work long and hard, but in the ability to relax during breaks.
There are four main types of energy: physical, emotional, mental and spiritual. It is the interconnected and harmonious work of all these energy reserves that ensures life at full capacity. Energy can range from positive to negative, high to low, as shown in the illustration. The most effective are those whose energy runs between high positive energy (active work) and low positive energy (rest-recovery).
Physical Energy
Physical energy is one of the most important energies. It feeds all other forms of energy. Therefore, it is very important for people engaged in intellectual work to shift their attention to physical energy, performing any physical exercises.
Breathing, proper nutrition and sleep can also be attributed to physical energy.
emotional energy
Emotional energy can include your favorite activities and hobbies, hobbies, going to the theater, cinema, travel and much more. Emotional energy is what you want to do! It is very important to be able to shift your attention to emotional energy.
mental energy
Mental energy helps develop our personality and not stand still. It is worth noting here that our brain is very plastic and we can constantly improve its performance by giving it a mental load and learning something new.
spiritual energy
The authors understand spiritual energy not as a religious component, but as our values and goals. Spiritual energy makes us act, gives perseverance and perseverance. The main component of spiritual energy is our character, which must be cultivated in ourselves.
Training and practice
goal setting
Human development occurs from the bottom up - from the physical level to the spiritual. However, the changes must be directed in the opposite direction starting from the spiritual level.
By setting interesting goals for themselves, they become a powerful tool for accumulating positive energy. The main thing to remember is that the goal must be positive, the goal must be yours, the goal should not be selfish.
It is also important to experience true values in our characters - kindness, mercy, care, etc. Values become our virtues when we act in accordance with them.
Be honest with yourself
Pay attention to your negative and positive aspects. Self-study should become a permanent habit. Listen to your inner self. Be flexible - try to critically evaluate your established ideas
Positive Rituals - Energy Management Tools
According to various estimates, we can instill in ourselves any habit in the period from 7 to 30 days.
You need to step out of your comfort zone and instill rituals gradually so as not to break down too quickly. Do not take on too many obligations at once, promising to completely change your life from the new year or from Monday. Try to focus on one important change in a certain time period.
Rituals based on deep values are the best tools for energy management. They allow you to consolidate good habits, set new priorities, change your lifestyle and train the “muscles” of our energies.
Jim Lauer, Tony Schwartz
Life at full capacity. Energy management is the key to high performance, health and happiness
Foreword
The cure for downshifting
Many have been waiting for this book for a long time. They waited, still unaware of its existence, name and authors. They waited, leaving the office with a greenish face, drinking liters of coffee in the morning, not finding the strength to take on the next priority task, struggling with depression and despondency.
And finally we waited. There were experts who convincingly, extensively and practically answered the question of how to manage the level of personal energy. Moreover, in various aspects - physical, intellectual, spiritual ... What is especially valuable is the practitioners who trained leading American athletes, FBI special forces and top managers of companies from the Fortune 500 list.
Admit it, reader, - when you came across another article about downshifting, you probably thought: “Maybe I should drop everything and wave somewhere in Goa or in a hut in the Siberian taiga? ..” The desire to drop everything and send everyone to any of the short and capacious Russian words is a sure sign of a lack of energy.
The problem of energy management is one of the key ones in self-management. One of the members of the Russian Time Management Community once came up with the formula "T1ME"-management - from the words "time, information, money, energy": "time, information, money, energy". Each of these four resources is critical to personal effectiveness, success, and development. And if there is quite a lot of literature on managing time, money and information, then there was a clear gap in the field of energy management. Which is finally starting to fill up.
In many ways, of course, one can argue with the authors. Undoubtedly, they, like many Western specialists, tend to absolutize their approach, rigidly oppose it to the “old paradigms” (for which, in fact, it is not a denial at all, but an organic continuation and development). But this does not detract from the main advantages of the book - relevance, simplicity, manufacturability.
Read, do everything and fill your Time with Energy!
Gleb Arkhangelsky, General Director of Time Management Company, founder of the Russian Time Management Community www.improvement.ru
Part one
Full power driving forces
1. At full power
The most precious resource is energy, not time
We live in the digital age. We race at full speed, our rhythms are accelerating, our days are cut into bytes and bits. We prefer breadth to depth and quick reaction to thoughtful decisions. We glide across the surface, hitting dozens of places for a few minutes, but never staying anywhere for long. We fly through life without pausing to think about who we really want to become. We're online, but we're offline.
Most of us just try to do the best we can. When demands exceed our capacity, we make decisions that help cut through the web of problems but devour our time. We sleep little, eat on the go, fuel ourselves with caffeine and soothe ourselves with alcohol and sleeping pills. Faced with relentless demands at work, we become irritable and easily distracted. After a long day at work, we return home completely exhausted and perceive the family not as a source of joy and recovery, but as another problem.
We have surrounded ourselves with diaries and to-do lists, PDAs and smartphones, instant messaging systems and reminders on computers. We believe this should help us manage our time better. We pride ourselves on multi-tasking, and our readiness to work from dawn to dusk is everywhere like a medal for bravery. The term "24/7" describes a world where the work never ends. We use the words "obsession", "crazy" not to describe madness, but to talk about the past working day. Feeling that there will never be enough time, we try to pack as many things as possible into each day. But even the most effective time management does not guarantee that we will have enough energy to do everything planned.
Are you familiar with such situations?
You are at an important four-hour meeting where not a second is wasted. But the last two hours you spend the rest of your strength only on fruitless attempts to concentrate;
- You carefully planned all 12 hours of the upcoming working day, but by the middle of it you completely lost your energy and became impatient and irritable;
- You are going to spend the evening with the children, but are so distracted by thoughts about work that you cannot understand what they want from you;
- Of course, you remember your wedding anniversary (the computer reminded you of this this afternoon), but you forgot to buy a bouquet, and you no longer have the strength to leave the house to celebrate.
Energy, not time, is the main currency of high efficiency. This thought has revolutionized our understanding of what drives high performance over time. She has led our clients to rethink how they manage their lives, both personally and professionally. Everything we do, from walking with our children to communicating with colleagues and making important decisions, requires energy. It seems obvious, but that's what we often forget about. Lacking the right quantity, quality, and focus of energy, we jeopardize every undertaking we undertake.
Each of our thoughts or emotions has energetic consequences - for better or for worse. The final evaluation of our life is not based on the amount of time we have spent on this planet, but on the basis of the energy we have invested in that time. The main idea of this book is quite simple: efficiency, health and happiness are based on the skillful management of energy.
Of course, there are bad bosses, a toxic work environment, difficult relationships, and life crises. However, we can control our energy much more completely and deeper than we imagine. The number of hours in a day is constant, but the quantity and quality of the energy available to us depends on us. And this is our most valuable resource. The more responsibility we take for the energy that we bring into the world, the stronger and more effective we become. And the more we blame other people and circumstances, the more our energy becomes negative and destructive.
If you could wake up tomorrow with more positive and focused energy that you could invest in your work and family, would that improve your life? If you are a leader or manager, would your positive energy change the work environment around you? If your employees could rely on more of your energy, would the relationship between them change and affect the quality of your own services?
Leaders are conductors of the energy of the organization - in their companies and families. They inspire or demoralize those around them—first by how effectively they manage their own energy, and then by how they mobilize, focus, invest, and renew the collective energy of their employees. Skillful management of energy, individual and collective, and makes possible what we call the achievement of full power.
To turn on the full power, we must be physically energetic, emotionally turned on, mentally focused and united in a common spirit to achieve goals that lie beyond our selfish interests. Working at full capacity begins with a desire to start early in the morning, an equal desire to return home in the evening, and a clear line between work and home. It means the ability to fully immerse yourself in the fulfillment of your mission, whether it be solving a creative problem, managing a group of employees, spending time with loved ones, or having fun. Working at full capacity implies the need for a fundamental change in lifestyle.
Jim Lauer, Tony Schwartz
Life at full capacity. Energy management is the key to high performance, health and happiness
Foreword
The cure for downshifting
Many have been waiting for this book for a long time. They waited, still unaware of its existence, name and authors. They waited, leaving the office with a greenish face, drinking liters of coffee in the morning, not finding the strength to take on the next priority task, struggling with depression and despondency.
And finally we waited. There were experts who convincingly, extensively and practically answered the question of how to manage the level of personal energy. Moreover, in various aspects - physical, intellectual, spiritual ... What is especially valuable is the practitioners who trained leading American athletes, FBI special forces and top managers of companies from the Fortune 500 list.
Admit it, reader, - when you came across another article about downshifting, you probably thought: “Maybe I should drop everything and wave somewhere in Goa or in a hut in the Siberian taiga? ..” The desire to drop everything and send everyone to any of the short and capacious Russian words is a sure sign of a lack of energy.
The problem of energy management is one of the key ones in self-management. One of the members of the Russian Time Management Community once came up with the formula "T1ME"-management - from the words "time, information, money, energy": "time, information, money, energy". Each of these four resources is critical to personal effectiveness, success, and development. And if there is quite a lot of literature on managing time, money and information, then there was a clear gap in the field of energy management. Which is finally starting to fill up.
In many ways, of course, one can argue with the authors. Undoubtedly, they, like many Western specialists, tend to absolutize their approach, rigidly oppose it to the “old paradigms” (for which, in fact, it is not a denial at all, but an organic continuation and development). But this does not detract from the main advantages of the book - relevance, simplicity, manufacturability.
Read, do everything and fill your Time with Energy!
Gleb Arkhangelsky, General Director of Time Management Company, founder of the Russian Time Management Community www.improvement.ru
Part one
Full power driving forces
1. At full power
The most precious resource is energy, not time
We live in the digital age. We race at full speed, our rhythms are accelerating, our days are cut into bytes and bits. We prefer breadth to depth and quick reaction to thoughtful decisions. We glide across the surface, hitting dozens of places for a few minutes, but never staying anywhere for long. We fly through life without pausing to think about who we really want to become. We're online, but we're offline.
Most of us just try to do the best we can. When demands exceed our capacity, we make decisions that help cut through the web of problems but devour our time. We sleep little, eat on the go, fuel ourselves with caffeine and soothe ourselves with alcohol and sleeping pills. Faced with relentless demands at work, we become irritable and easily distracted. After a long day at work, we return home completely exhausted and perceive the family not as a source of joy and recovery, but as another problem.
We have surrounded ourselves with diaries and to-do lists, PDAs and smartphones, instant messaging systems and reminders on computers. We believe this should help us manage our time better. We pride ourselves on multi-tasking, and our readiness to work from dawn to dusk is everywhere like a medal for bravery. The term "24/7" describes a world where the work never ends. We use the words "obsession", "crazy" not to describe madness, but to talk about the past working day. Feeling that there will never be enough time, we try to pack as many things as possible into each day. But even the most effective time management does not guarantee that we will have enough energy to do everything planned.
Are you familiar with such situations?
You are at an important four-hour meeting where not a second is wasted. But the last two hours you spend the rest of your strength only on fruitless attempts to concentrate;
- You carefully planned all 12 hours of the upcoming working day, but by the middle of it you completely lost your energy and became impatient and irritable;
- You are going to spend the evening with the children, but are so distracted by thoughts about work that you cannot understand what they want from you;
- Of course, you remember your wedding anniversary (the computer reminded you of this this afternoon), but you forgot to buy a bouquet, and you no longer have the strength to leave the house to celebrate.
Energy, not time, is the main currency of high efficiency. This thought has revolutionized our understanding of what drives high performance over time. She has led our clients to rethink how they manage their lives, both personally and professionally. Everything we do, from walking with our children to communicating with colleagues and making important decisions, requires energy. It seems obvious, but that's what we often forget about. Lacking the right quantity, quality, and focus of energy, we jeopardize every undertaking we undertake.
Each of our thoughts or emotions has energetic consequences - for better or for worse. The final evaluation of our life is not based on the amount of time we have spent on this planet, but on the basis of the energy we have invested in that time. The main idea of this book is quite simple: efficiency, health and happiness are based on the skillful management of energy.
Of course, there are bad bosses, a toxic work environment, difficult relationships, and life crises. However, we can control our energy much more completely and deeper than we imagine. The number of hours in a day is constant, but the quantity and quality of the energy available to us depends on us. And this is our most valuable resource. The more responsibility we take for the energy that we bring into the world, the stronger and more effective we become. And the more we blame other people and circumstances, the more our energy becomes negative and destructive.
If you could wake up tomorrow with more positive and focused energy that you could invest in your work and family, would that improve your life? If you are a leader or manager, would your positive energy change the work environment around you? If your employees could rely on more of your energy, would the relationship between them change and affect the quality of your own services?
Leaders are conductors of the energy of the organization - in their companies and families. They inspire or demoralize those around them—first by how effectively they manage their own energy, and then by how they mobilize, focus, invest, and renew the collective energy of their employees. Skillful management of energy, individual and collective, and makes possible what we call the achievement of full power.
To turn on the full power, we must be physically energetic, emotionally turned on, mentally focused and united in a common spirit to achieve goals that lie beyond our selfish interests. Working at full capacity begins with a desire to start early in the morning, an equal desire to return home in the evening, and a clear line between work and home. It means the ability to fully immerse yourself in the fulfillment of your mission, whether it be solving a creative problem, managing a group of employees, spending time with loved ones, or having fun. Working at full capacity implies the need for a fundamental change in lifestyle.
According to a Gallup poll published in 2001, only 25% of employees in American companies work at full capacity. About 55% work half-heartedly. The remaining 20% are “actively opposed” to work, which means they are not only unhappy in their professional life, but they constantly share this feeling with colleagues. The damage from their presence at work is estimated at trillions of dollars. Even worse, the longer people work in an organization, the less energy they give to it. According to Gallup, after the first six months of operation, only 38% are fully operational. After three years, this figure drops to 22%. Look at your life from this point of view. How fully are you involved in the work? What about your colleagues?
Jim Lauer and Tony Schwartz
About the book
Time management is a wonderful invention. It helps you set bigger goals, do more at work, and earn a higher income. Books on the subject are characterized by advice like "come to work an hour early and leave an hour late - you'll be amazed at how much more you get done." But for some reason, this scheme fails. There are a lot of things planned, but there is not enough strength even for half of them. In order to keep up with business, you all return home late, and your family and friendship ties are cracking at the seams. From the wrong food and stress, diseases begin. What to do? Give up your ambitions? Or try to find a new source of energy?
The answer to this question came from big sport. Book authors The Power of Full Engagement for many years engaged in the psychological preparation of tennis stars. They were looking for an answer to the question: why do two athletes have the same skills, but one always beats the other? What's the secret? It turned out that the winner knows how to instantly relax between innings. And his opponent is in suspense all the time of the game. After a while, his ability to concentrate decreases, his strength goes away, and he inevitably loses.
The same thing happens with corporate employees. Monotonous loads lead to a breakdown and physical ailments. To prevent this from happening, our energy - physical, emotional, mental and spiritual - must be learned to manage. The principles and techniques described in the book will explain how to do this.
Who is this book for?
For everyone who works hard, sets professional and personal goals and makes every day efforts to achieve them.
"Chip" of the book
The authors have been engaged in the psychological preparation of world sports stars for many years, including tennis players Pete Sampras, Jim Courier, Aranta Sanchez, Sergi Brugheira, Gabriela Sabatini and Monica Seles, golfers Mark O'Meara and Ernie Els, hockey players Eric Lindros and Mike Richter, boxer Rey " Boom Boom Mancini, basketball players Nick Anderson and Grant Hill, and speed skater Dan Jensen.
“Many of us live life like an endless marathon, constantly pushing ourselves to extreme and dangerous loads. We make ourselves mental and emotional heavyweights by constantly wasting energy without sufficient energy recovery.
We must learn to live our years as a series of sprint distances - periods of activity with full dedication, alternating with episodes of complete rest and recuperation.
Today I offer another review of the book I read. Written by Jim Lauer, Tony Schwartz Life at its Fullest. Energy management is the key to high performance, health and happiness.”
My book review of Life at its Fullest. Energy Management is the Key to High Efficiency, Health and Happiness"
But I will start with my feelings from reading it, and I will also give recommendations for those who really should read it.
Has it ever happened to you that day by day you feel that you have less and less strength to move forward, to strive for something, to achieve your goals?
The days are getting shorter, they start to fly without looking back. Sometimes you just start to lose heart from the fact that you cannot have time to do even the most necessary things, what can we say about far-reaching plans for the future.
At work every day, the load only increases, there is less and less time for family and rest. It feels like you have fallen into some kind of trap, and there is no turning back.
I wrote earlier that the most valuable thing in my life is my time.
How to increase it is discussed in this book.
In general, the book will certainly be useful to any audience. On my own behalf, I can call it an ambulance for those who feel tired every day, do not have time for much and have forgotten when they have had a good rest and enjoyed life lately.
I also want to focus on people with sedentary work, and especially on pensioners.
Dear grandparents! Your brain sometimes does not think well, not because you are old and have fallen out of reality, but because it needs to be constantly trained. Retirement does not change this rule.
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