You can do anything with a lot of energy. When you increase your energy level, you really start to live. But how do you get more energy?
Do as many things as you want. Ignore, avoid, or delegate the rest. Stop wasting your time doing things you don’t actually want to do. It’s your life. Don’t put it off anymore.
This is how you get 10 times more energy:
But first…
WHY DO WE WANT ENERGY?
Yes, why actually? That seems like a stupid question, but it is certainly not. As long as you don’t know the answer, you will keep looking in the wrong direction. Think about it: “Why do I want more energy?”
Most people answer, “So that I can do more things that need to be done.” More energy ensures that you can get through all the to-do lists, don’t get behind schedule – and hopefully have enough time for yourself afterwards.
That’s why people invented Time Management …
You just can’t do everything.
Unless you have very small goals (for example, getting up every day), you won’t be able to do everything you need to do. Not a chance!
Most people have more goals and then wish they had time for them. People who are actively engaged in time management are the same people who structurally take on too much hay.
They desperately try to plan everything in their agenda.
But that doesn’t solve the problem …
WHAT IS THE REAL PROBLEM?
The real problem with time is this: when you’re managing the things you need to do, you are missing out on the things you want to do.
In fact, that’s what it’s all about. And time management does not solve that problem. We need something else for that: Energy management.
What is Energy Management?
Energy management is based on managing your energy, not your time. Have you ever done what you thought was fantastic? Did you notice that it was no effort at all for you? That you could go on for hours? That it just made you happy?
Time was not important – it was about the energy it gave you. You don’t care how long it took.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN AND A HOT STOVE.
You have also experienced the opposite. Tasks that you dreaded enormously and that cost you a lot of energy. If you were doing that, time crawled. It took a lot of effort.
You only thought of one thing: “If only I were done with this!”
Einstein explained his Theory of Relativity: “When you’re with a beautiful woman, an hour seems to last only one minute. If you put your hand on a hot stove, one minute seems to take more than an hour. ”
That is the difference between things that give you energy and take energy.
Time is therefore relative and depends on what you do. Energy is absolute: either you have it – or you don’t.
Energy management in practice.
How do you apply this in practice now? How do you get more energy?
It’s all a matter of focus. Focus on the things you like. That make you happy, that make you happy. Spend more time on things:
1. Who you love.
2. That you easily go off.
3. Who inspire and stimulate you.
4. Which you could do for hours (or days!).
5. Which you also want to do in your spare time.
Ignore, avoid, or delegate what you don’t like.
What do you do with the things you don’t like? Try not to do as many of those things as possible.
You can also outsource them: get someone else to do it.
It gives me a lot of energy not to be busy with my accounting! And the person who does it for me actually gets energy from it. The perfect solution.
So do as many things as you want. Ignore, avoid, or delegate the rest. Stop wasting your time doing things you don’t actually want to do.
Read an inspiring book, look for your dream job, buy a hammock, spent your time with people you love or start a new hobby.
It’s your life. Only you decide how you want to spend it …
When do you really start to live?
When you increase your energy level, you really start to live. Gone are the moments when you sat exhausted on the couch and fell asleep in front of the TV. Gone are the spasmodic to-do lists. Gone is the feeling that you are waiting for your real life.
The moment you focus your attention on the things that give you energy, everything becomes easier.
You race through the day and hardly get tired. You achieve more and faster results. You become much more productive. You become happier and enjoy life more.
The question was, “Why do I want more energy?” The best answer is, “So I can do more things I want!”
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Tips to boost your energy:
https://www.health.harvard.edu/energy-and-fatigue/9-tips-to-boost-your-energy-naturally