6 Ways to Boost Energy

In an article published in Working Mom magazine in their November 203 issue, it featured there about ways for productive and fulfilled life. Writer Ben Ampil, a consultant and trainer (managing director of Ampilus Management Consultancy) on leadership, management and peak performance; and a life coach, shared that boosting energy is met by managing our energy, instead of managing our time.

He said that with all the work we have to do and the information that assaults us from all directions 24/7, we think that as long as we divide our time accordingly, we can do everything. The problem is that time itself can’t be managed. Not to mention, setting priorities and consolidating activities too. He cited that world-renowned performance psychologist Jim Loehr, and best-selling author and professional speaker Tony Schwartz, spent 25 years working with great athletes to help them perform more effectively under intense competitive pressure. According to him the two said that managing energy, not time, is the key to peak performance and personal wellness. Here are six energy boosters, focusing on managing it, rather than time:

1. Check your energy levels throughout the day
Pay attention to how much energy you have. This is such as checking if that coffee date with a friend had released more negative vibration than positivity, which drained you the rest of the day. Or asking yourself if that brainstorming made you excited and psyched up, or it made you just want to slump into your chair?

Check your energy levels throughout the day. Avoid things that drain your energy level. (Image credit: thevouchershop.co.uk)

2. Take short “energy rituals”
A five-minute break to listen to your favorite playlist can do so much to re-energize you. Or, take a look at pictures from your Instagram account or a friend’s to invigorate you! You can also flip through the pages of your favorite book or calling up your kids!

3. Calibrate your energy before n important activity
Have you noticed basketball players go through a ritual of handling the ball in a choreographed manner before they take a free throw? These athletes are in fact re-calibrating their energies: slowing down, removing all distractions, so they can be fully-engaged” in the most important part of the game.

4. Flow with your body’s natural body rhythms
If you observed that you are a morning person, then schedule your most demanding asks during that time. If it’s the other way around, fill your schedule at that time to make you more productive!

5. Remove things that drain your energy
Avoid or manage negative emotional triggers. For example, studies show that most people feel pressured by Facebook posts, especially if they have friends who like bragging what’s new in them! Or, you just have a circle of people who drains your energy with complains and murmurs. This means that these are the only things you hear from them every time you meet them! Stay away or find ways to escape them, but do it in a nice way that they won’t be offended.

6. Feed your energy
Never postpone your most valuable Me-time. Or that painting class or spa day on a weekend, for it will be equally rejuvenating and reviving on those days that need your production, as you spend some time to rest and relax during the said pampering activities. Boost your spiritual energy by meditating and prayer. Nothing compares to such endeavor for it gives you a sense of meaning and purpose in all you do! Love to do your hobbies and don’t be apprehended in calling your friends or loved ones to perk up more your bonding time!

In a nutshell, Ampil likewise has noted to balance how to spend our energy with how we renew it. He said the more we take care of our energy, the more productive e become. At the end of the day, it’s energy that makes us–to be energized physically, connected emotionally, focused mentally, and purposed aligned spiritually. It plays a major role in doing our tasks than thinking how much time we have left. Ampil ended with the reminder to not “push ourselves when we’ve reached our limit.”

Source: Working Mom magazine, November 2013 issue

Photo above: “Managing energy, not time, is the key to peak performance and personal wellness”–Jim Loehr and Tony Shwartz. (Image credit: www.thoughtfeast.co.uk)