The Real Secret to Getting Enough Done

Do You Know Your Powerful Natural Pace?

Instead of not having enough time to get everything done, let's look at how you can get enough done and feel genuinely satisfied with your results. The secret is embedded in your energy!

For years, I have helped clients leverage their leadership with a core and fail-safe strategy - manage your energy, not time. Recently, I listened to Kristin Howe talk about this inside-out approach in the context of 3 energy types. Knowing your primary type and staying in sync with it frees you to manage your energy so you get enough done and experience genuine satisfaction.

3 Energy Types...Which One Are You?

Which type best describes the way your energy runs at work, home or play? To pinpoint your primary energy type, picture how the dog associated with each type behaves.

1. Long Distance Runner | Siberian Husky (sled dog)
   • Endurance is your strength.
   • You have strong steady energy.
   • You need less time to warm up and less time to recover because you do not have a lot of energy bursts.
   • Consistent schedules work better for you.
   • Your peak performance depends on you pacing yourself with consistent scheduling that enables you to get enough done.
2. Sprinter | Greyhound
   • Your energy comes in high bursts.
   • In short periods of time you are extremely productive.
   • You do not need much warm up time and are a quick starter.
   • Exhausted when done, you need serious recovery time.
   • Your peak performance depends on you taking huge breaks (doing something that does not require much of your energy) between your high energy activities so you get enough done.
3. Cross-Trainer | Border Collie
   • Your energy flows in action bursts with mini-recoveries in between bursts.
   • Throughout the day you are consistently in motion.
   • You flow through warm up several times before initial action bursts.
   • You fully recover only when you are completely 'down and out'.
   • Your peak performance depends on you taking lots of mini-breaks in a broad (so you don't get bored) flexible schedule that allows you to get enough done.

Getting in sync with the natural flow of your energy frees you to experience work and life at a pace that is most productive for you. So let go of the 24/7 expectation of yourself. No one can run their highest energy level 100% of the time.

You can perform at peak levels consistently, however, if you manage your energy. That is the real secret to getting enough done and feeling completely satisfied with the results.

Shift into the natural flow of your primary energy type. I can't wait to hear your comments on your type and how managing your energy - not time! - works for you.