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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- I’ve gotten ruthlessly efficient at all of it and I’m emptier than ever
- 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
- I’m never fully on and never fully off
- I push flat-out all day with no real breaks, treating rest like something I have to earn after the work is done
- My work oscillates between mind-numbing boredom when it’s too easy and a jittery anxiety when it’s over my head, and I almost never land in that absorbed zone where time disappears
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. - 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 - Manage emotional energy
Cultivate positive emotional states deliberately, since they fuel performance and connection.
The Power of Full Engagement, Made Practical - 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 - Oscillate between effort and recovery
Pulse hard work with real recovery instead of grinding in a flat line.
The Power of Full Engagement, Made Practical - Design your work environment for flow (engagement pillar)
Structure your tasks so challenge slightly exceeds skill — the sweet spot for deep engagement.
Seligman’s PERMA Model, Made Practical - Articulate a compelling vision of why the work matters
Connect the team’s daily work to a meaningful purpose they can believe in.
Transformational Leadership, Made Practical - Increase autonomy over task, time, technique, and team
Reclaim control over how you do the work — Pink’s "four T’s".
Drive: Autonomy, Mastery, and Purpose - Lead from the influencing domain — take charge, speak up, make sure others are heard
People strong in influencing sell the team’s ideas inside and outside the organization.
Strengths-Based Leadership, Made Practical - Manage all four energy dimensions: physical, emotional, mental, spiritual
Treat energy as the fundamental performance resource — not time, effort, or technique.
The Ideal Performance State, Made Practical
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- 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 When Burned Out
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.
- The Power Of Full Engagement Summary
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 Performance
Treat disengagement between performances as a skill to develop, not an indulgence to manage.
Oscillate deliberately between full engagement and full recovery
- 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.
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