Where are you, who opened this article, now?
Is the posture relaxed or tense?
What were you doing before you opened it?
If you were to rate your current energy 1-10, how many points would you rate?
We all aspire to be full of energy and meet the challenge at our best at critical moments.
but... Often the opposite happens, people are not as good as heaven, and when it is time to go all out, the energy is insufficient, the strength is insufficient, and the opportunity is lost.
This article will talk about what is energy and energy level, the identification of low energy signals, and the four dimensions of energy management.
The next article will talk about how to enhance energy from the perspective of reducing internal friction and increasing nourishment, so that we are naturally willing to grow, break through, and change, without giving ourselves chicken blood, without forcing ourselves to have more determination, perseverance and willpower. Does it sound like life has hope all of a sudden?
Energy management is the theory of relativity
Born as a human being, it is impossible to be energetic all the time, and it is not necessary according to the principle of energy saving. When we have a specific task to promote and a goal to complete, there is enough energy to do it, which is the goal of energy management.
This is how it relates to time management, to do more important things during periods of our higher energy.
This is also the difference between it and energy management, more directed and targeted; and it is also more complete, and the energy improvement itself is also energy-consuming, and energy management also takes into account the energy consumption of this part.
Energy gear
When the area where "my energy" is located is higher than or equal to "task energy consumption", we have the energy to drive things to happen. Even if it seems like a challenging task, a task beyond the comfort zone, it feels less difficult to do.
But when our energy state is average, just enough to cope with daily work, family chores (the third gear – comfort zone file), tired at the end of the day, just want to lie down, there is no way to explore, try, and make changes.
Therefore, we often say that we should act according to our ability, and we should not measure our own strength, which is very wise. The "force" here is the energy.
We also often lament that we have more than enough in our hearts and insufficient strength, and we are unable to do so. "Force" here also refers to energy, and "heart" is the thing that the heart wants to push, that wish.
Looking back now, when I decided to transition naked (which was a task that consumed at least in the trial zone), I had spent some time combing through and resolving most of my internal friction, and my energy level should have been in the fourth gear try zone. My courage doesn't come out of nowhere, it's supported by energy.
When I find myself procrastinating on some daily tasks (such as writing pictures of public account articles), I will consciously estimate my energy state, most likely in the comfort zone, or even compensate for the zone. If you don't do this, but instead question whether you don't like to write, or blame yourself for being so lazy and undisciplined, it will be too ignorant and too wronged yourself.
I also found that when I didn't want to write, I was happy to use "I need to learn" as a grandiose reason. Because input (reading, attending classes, etc.) is a comfort zone/compensation zone task for me, while output (writing) is a creative task that belongs to the experiment zone. Of course, learning far beyond the scope of ability is not Ha, let me learn programming, that is absolutely need four or more levels of energy.
Energy vs Energy
Reading this, I want to ask you a question, do you think energetic people procrastinate?
In the circle of friends and social media, we often find that some people are so good, reading a hundred books every year, running a marathon, the family is organized, the work is not delayed, or an active member of multiple communities, the life is prosperous, the wind is flourishing, and I can't help but envy.
But perhaps only ta himself knows in his heart that there is one thing that has been buried in his heart for many years and feels that he should do something for it, but he can't act. Although in the eyes of outsiders, TA has a lot of energy, but the psychological energy (Energy) is still not matched, so that he can not take that step to start a business, to call someone to repair a relationship.
Therefore, energetic people will also procrastinate, dealing with busy daily work and long-distance running is already a common and habitual thing for ta; and the thing that has been delayed in the heart is something that needs to have more high-grade energy to have the courage to face it.
Teacher Zhu Guang summed it up well, "The fifth gear is not full of action, not full of energy, but can carry disappointment and fear, and face the truth."
What is the thing in your heart that has been delayed? What gear does it require you to adjust your energy to?
High energy moments
Now please think back to when you felt that you could conquer the world in the six months and one year since you started working? Why was the energy so high at that time? What is the state and feeling when working and after work? What about relationships with others?
The answers that clients give me often surprise themselves. The highest time they remember is not a day when work is not busy and there is a lot of free time. On the contrary, the work is very busy and tiring days, such as busy with a project on the line, and partners often have to work overtime until the middle of the night, but because of the very firm heart, imagine the sense of achievement when the task is completed, you will feel the combat effectiveness of 100 points.
I'm still excited after work, but I can sleep after I lie down after taking a shower and won't lose sleep. Although I didn't spend much time with my family, the quality was high.
What does this mean?
Energy is a physical and mental activity index, energy = physical strength + mental strength.
We say that the body and mind are exhausted, and the body and mind interact with each other. Even if the number of sleep hours does not necessarily add up to a long time, there are many things to deal with, and there is a lot of stress, but if we have no internal friction and no anxiety, the overall energy can still be very high.
This also shows that all aspects of life and work share a common energy system.
There is a matter of internal friction at work, which leads to not wanting to exercise after work, but eating a big meal, which also affects sleep; in turn, when there is not enough sleep, it is easy to have a bad temper and affect family relations.
Low energy moments
This is a self-measuring scale to estimate your energy level. It's sketchy, so it's more useful to use it to judge if you're at an energy trough.
A 2-pointer that you feel fits well with your current situation; a 1-pointer if you're not sure, or if you feel a little worse than you're in better shape than before. Then add up the scores.
Compared with the previous energy gear chart, 28 is divided into five levels of breakthrough zone, 24-27 is divided into four gears of trial area, 18-23 is the third gear of comfort zone, 12-17 is divided into two gears of compensation area, and 12 points below is the first gear of alarm area.
The so-called energy trough is that you are not like yourself.
If your current energy gear is quite high, congratulations! So please think back to whether there was such a low moment in your life in the past? How did you get out after struggling?
Daily procrastination vs strategic procrastination
I mentioned several times procrastination earlier, and I've written about drive and action before, because it's really a topic brought by a lot of customers, and we've all had more or less experiences of procrastination.
But I hope that after reading this article, you understand that there is no procrastination in this world, only energy mismatch. This is not a "disease" and does not need to be cured.
Daily procrastination is something that everyone has, and it is not much of an obstacle, and it is visible to the naked eye, such as some lifestyle habits or daily chores: doing housework, finding someone to repair a home appliance. Dragging it until you or your family can't stand it, it will naturally do it.
What deserves our attention are the strategic delays. It is that the energy seems normal, and the daily tasks can be completed, but it is impossible to do things that can really change their destiny, such as: making a major decision, dilemma, the development of new business directions, deep thinking about career development, the transformation of the company's business or career, repairing an important relationship, etc.
Reading this side of you, would you like to develop a small habit with me, often using the above self-test questionnaire to examine yourself?
If you don't like it, of course, it doesn't matter, then I hope you at least gain a new understanding - if you find that you have been dragging on to something quite important, you will not fight with yourself to the problem of behavior, play chicken blood to motivate yourself, use willpower to force yourself, but know that at this time we need to adjust the energy problem behind the behavior. Once you see it, you are less confused and tangled, and your energy will begin to recover.
Bless you with the energy to seize the opportunity when it comes.