Coaching practices for The Power of Full Engagement After a Loss
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- I treat my own bad moods as background static to just power through, and then I’m baffled when my focus and drive keep collapsing
- Even when something goes really well I brush it off as luck or good timing, so the win never actually counts toward believing in myself
- I’m never fully on and never fully off
- When I’m winning the motivation comes easy, but I’m in a rough patch right now
- After a long stretch of gritting my teeth I’m completely tapped out, and what actually brings me back isn’t more grinding
Practices that may help
- The Power of Full Engagement, Made Practical
Loehr and Schwartz argue that performance depends on managing energy, not time: you have physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual energy, and the key is oscillating between full engagement and real recovery rather than pushing linearly. The four-dimensions model is a practitioner framework, but its building blocks — recovery, breaks, sleep, exercise, and meaning — each have their own real support. - Manage emotional energy
Cultivate positive emotional states deliberately, since they fuel performance and connection.
The Power of Full Engagement, Made Practical - Run a structured mastery debrief after each performance
Immediately after any significant attempt, extract what worked before the memory fades.
Mastery Experiences - Oscillate deliberately between full engagement and full recovery
Treat disengagement between performances as a skill to develop, not an indulgence to manage.
The Ideal Performance State, Made Practical - Connect performance to purpose to sustain engagement under adversity
Ground high-demand performance in a clear "why" that is stable when conditions are worst.
The Ideal Performance State, Made Practical - Use positive emotions to restore self-control capacity
Induce positive affect after a demanding self-control period to accelerate recovery.
Self-Regulation Failure and Ego Depletion - Name the loss the adaptive challenge requires
Explicitly acknowledge what people must give up — not just what they will gain.
Adaptive Leadership, Made Practical - Redefine what counts as a win
Explicitly count showing up — even imperfectly — as a win, not only full performance.
Celebrating Small Wins - Recover promotion-focus motivation through approach-reminders after setbacks
Setbacks deflate promotion motivation — the fastest recovery is reconnecting to the desired gain, not mitigating the loss.
Regulatory Focus Theory: Promotion vs Prevention Thinking - Connect to purpose (spiritual energy)
Anchor effort to values and meaning, the deepest and most renewable source of drive.
The Power of Full Engagement, Made Practical
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- The Power Of Full Engagement After A Setback
Loehr and Schwartz argue that performance depends on managing energy, not time: you have physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual energy, and the key is oscillating between full engagement and real recovery rather than pushing linearly. The four-dimensions model is a practitioner framework, but its building blocks — recovery, breaks, sleep, exercise, and meaning — each have their own real support.
- The Power Of Full Engagement During A Big Change
Loehr and Schwartz argue that performance depends on managing energy, not time: you have physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual energy, and the key is oscillating between full engagement and real recovery rather than pushing linearly. The four-dimensions model is a practitioner framework, but its building blocks — recovery, breaks, sleep, exercise, and meaning — each have their own real support.
- Full Engagement Framework
Loehr and Schwartz argue that performance depends on managing energy, not time: you have physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual energy, and the key is oscillating between full engagement and real recovery rather than pushing linearly. The four-dimensions model is a practitioner framework, but its building blocks — recovery, breaks, sleep, exercise, and meaning — each have their own real support.
- Power Of Full Engagement
Loehr and Schwartz argue that performance depends on managing energy, not time: you have physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual energy, and the key is oscillating between full engagement and real recovery rather than pushing linearly. The four-dimensions model is a practitioner framework, but its building blocks — recovery, breaks, sleep, exercise, and meaning — each have their own real support.
- The Power Of Full Engagement As A Caregiver
Loehr and Schwartz argue that performance depends on managing energy, not time: you have physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual energy, and the key is oscillating between full engagement and real recovery rather than pushing linearly. The four-dimensions model is a practitioner framework, but its building blocks — recovery, breaks, sleep, exercise, and meaning — each have their own real support.
- The Power Of Full Engagement At Work
Loehr and Schwartz argue that performance depends on managing energy, not time: you have physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual energy, and the key is oscillating between full engagement and real recovery rather than pushing linearly. The four-dimensions model is a practitioner framework, but its building blocks — recovery, breaks, sleep, exercise, and meaning — each have their own real support.
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