Coaching practices for What Energizes Me at Work
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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- On paper I’m good at my job, but certain parts of it leave me hollowed out even when I do them well
- I’m going through the motions on work I used to care about, and I’ve lost the thread of why it even matters
- I know something about this work is draining me but I can’t name what — is it that I don’t have the resources and clear goals to actually move, or that I feel unsupported and unseen by the people around me?
- This one task in front of me feels like dead weight, pure drudgery I have to force myself through
- I’ve gotten ruthlessly efficient at all of it and I’m emptier than ever
Practices that may help
- Identify your two working geniuses
Name the two of the six activities that consistently energize you, not just where you perform well.
The 6 Types of Working Genius (Patrick Lencioni) - Use a purpose anchor to recharge spiritual energy
Reconnecting to your deepest "why" before demanding work regenerates the motivational fuel that tactics alone cannot replace.
The Energy Audit - Distinguish catalysts and nourishers from their opposites
Catalysts support the work itself; nourishers support the person doing it — both matter.
The Progress Principle: Why Small Wins Fuel Motivation - Connect daily tasks to purpose to sustain spiritual energy
Schwartz and Loehr’s "spiritual" energy is simply the motivational fuel of purpose — work feels effortful without it and effortless with it.
Energy Management, Not Time Management - 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 - Build emotional energy rituals to buffer against daily depletion
Emotional energy is the quality of emotional availability you bring to work and relationships — and it is trainable through brief daily rituals.
Energy Management, Not Time Management - Activating (energizing) breath
Faster, fuller breathing to deliberately raise alertness and energy.
Breathwork for Energy - Manage emotional energy
Cultivate positive emotional states deliberately, since they fuel performance and connection.
The Power of Full Engagement, Made Practical - Protect time for work that matches your genius
Deliberately schedule blocks of genius-type work before filling the rest of the week.
The 6 Types of Working Genius (Patrick Lencioni) - Protect daily progress on meaningful work
Guard at least one block of real forward movement every workday — this is the primary driver of motivation.
The Progress Principle: Why Small Wins Fuel Motivation
Related concerns
- How To Find What Energizes You
Name the two of the six activities that consistently energize you, not just where you perform well.
Identify your two working geniuses
- Energy Foundation
Treat energy as the fundamental performance resource — not time, effort, or technique.
Manage all four energy dimensions: physical, emotional, mental, spiritual
- Ifs Self Energy At Work
Self energy — a core concept in Richard Schwartz’s Internal Family Systems — refers to the innate calm, curious, compassionate core that exists in every person beneath their reactive parts. IFS holds that healing happens through parts experiencing the presence of Self, not through willpower or technique. The "8 Cs" (calm, curiosity, clarity, compassion, confidence, courage, creativity, connectedness) describe its qualities. Evidence for IFS overall is growing but limited in controlled trials; Self energy overlaps with well-studied mindfulness and self-compassion constructs.
- Ifs Self Energy In A New Job
Self energy — a core concept in Richard Schwartz’s Internal Family Systems — refers to the innate calm, curious, compassionate core that exists in every person beneath their reactive parts. IFS holds that healing happens through parts experiencing the presence of Self, not through willpower or technique. The "8 Cs" (calm, curiosity, clarity, compassion, confidence, courage, creativity, connectedness) describe its qualities. Evidence for IFS overall is growing but limited in controlled trials; Self energy overlaps with well-studied mindfulness and self-compassion constructs.
- Purpose And Energy
Schwartz and Loehr’s "spiritual" energy is simply the motivational fuel of purpose — work feels effortful without it and effortless with it.
Connect daily tasks to purpose to sustain spiritual energy
- Spiritual Energy Loehr Schwartz
Schwartz and Loehr’s "spiritual" energy is simply the motivational fuel of purpose — work feels effortful without it and effortless with it.
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