Achieving high levels of success is not easy when you work in an uber competitive field that requires long hours every day and intense cognitive effort in a reality that is fraught with constant change and unpredictability. You have more to do every day than you know you can get done that day. You have accepted a certain level of exhaustion as necessary, but you are naturally starting to question if you have signed up to be perpetually exhausted. You are also starting to notice that when you are this exhausted, you are unable to appreciate the success you have achieved or approach the work that you love with enthusiasm.

Managing your time focuses your attention on getting more done in your increasingly busy days. Managing your energy focuses your attention on getting the right things done every day… and regaining that enthusiasm for what you do and the success you have achieved thus far. Time management may temporarily make you feel more efficient, but it traps you in a stressful cycle of scrambling to get more done every day that drains you of your enthusiasm for what you are doing and achieving. Energy management empowers you to think about how you use your time to be productive without feeling absolutely overwhelmed and drained.

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