Energy Management
Allocate cognitive and physical energy deliberately.
Energy is a more fundamental resource than time
You can have time available but no energy to use it — energy management comes first.
Energy has multiple dimensions
Physical mental emotional and spiritual energy are distinct and require different management.
Energy auditing
Track what activities give you energy and what activities drain you over a typical week.
Energy follows ultradian rhythms
Your energy cycles in 90-minute waves — work with these rhythms not against them.
Peak energy for peak work
Match your most demanding tasks to your highest-energy periods.
Recovery is not laziness
Strategic recovery is an investment in future capacity not a waste of time.
Sleep is the foundation of energy management
No energy management strategy compensates for insufficient sleep.
Movement generates energy
Physical activity increases available energy rather than depleting it.
Nutrition affects cognitive energy directly
What and when you eat measurably impacts your mental performance.
Social energy management
Some interactions energize you and others drain you — manage your social diet.
The energy cost of context switching
Every context switch depletes energy — batch similar tasks to conserve it.
Energy leaks
Ongoing unresolved issues create constant background energy drain even when you are not thinking about them.
Fixing energy leaks
Resolve tolerations and open loops to stop the slow drain on your energy.
Energy creating activities
Deliberately schedule activities that generate energy not just activities that require it.
Energy boundaries enforcement
Protecting your energy requires saying no to energy-draining commitments.
The energy journal
Track your energy levels throughout the day to identify your personal patterns.
Stress is energy debt
Chronic stress borrows energy from the future — it must be paid back with interest.
Emotional energy management
Unprocessed emotions consume energy in the background — process them to free the energy.
Energy management is self-respect
Treating your energy as precious reflects genuine respect for yourself and your work.
Sustained high energy comes from system design not willpower
Design your life to generate energy rather than relying on motivation to power through depletion.