Energy Management Principles | The Better Than Rich Show Ep. 3
Energy Management Principles
The morning time is the most important part of your day. What you do in the morning and your mindset affects the entirety of your day; from how much you get done to how you will react to daily situations. Which makes ensuring that your mindset stays where you want it and that you are as productive as possible just as important, but no one said it was easy. There are numerous techniques to help you make the most out of your day while keeping a set mindset throughout or resetting it when you get off track.
Practice Micro Days
Micro-days promote productivity by separating one day into multiple intervals. During those intervals, you’d have a set amount of tasks to complete before that micro-day is over. Once the micro-day ends you give yourself a bit of rest and start your next set of tasks.
For example, if you normally complete five tasks a day, using micro-days of 6 hours you can get three times the work done. Five tasks each micro-day while leaving one micro-day for sleep.
Managing Notifications
Limiting the number of distractions in your surrounding while completing tasks allows for you to stay focused and complete tasks faster. Deciding ahead of time what notification you don’t mind interrupting you sets you up for success.
Every time you get distracted while doing a task it takes you twenty minutes to get back to the same level of focus.
Morning Routine
What’s your morning routine? Knowing what you need to do in the morning to prepare yourself for the day is essential to your success. Productivity starts as soon as you wake up. Having a set morning routine will allow you to place yourself in the right mindset for your day.
Watch Your Thoughts
During the day we must keep a lookout for saboteurs within our thoughts. Sometimes we have negative thoughts or doubt in ourselves and worry.
We call that voice in your head Mr. or Ms. Wimpy.
Wimpy is not a bad version of you, Wimpy can keep you safe in tough situations and ensure you think twice about what you do. But you don’t need Wimpy all the time because you don’t need to be concerned all the time.
Sometimes you just need to dive in and tell Wimpy to step aside, because you got this! Catching unwanted thoughts before it affects you negatively can be the difference between a bad and good day.
Feel Your Feelings
Permitting yourself to feel your feelings is a necessity. We all have emotions, there should be certain times out of the day where you step back and ask yourself how you feel. What am I feeling?
Pretending you don’t have emotions or ignoring them is more destructive than giving yourself a safe space to express your thoughts and feelings. You can’t be a positive or productive person if you aren’t feeling that way.
If you are looking for an outlet, journaling can be that for you.
Journaling is an outlet that brings the emotional part of your brain to connect with the logical. It allows you to let out your feelings and answer those questions of “How do I feel?”, “Why am I feeling this way”, and “What can I do to change the way I’m feeling”. Along with keeping a record of those answers to be reflected on at a later date.
Learning to live intentionally with your time and energy will allow you to stop being a victim of circumstance and become more committed to your goals.
