There is no doubt you have a million things on your plate. With the demands of work and personal life – how you manage energy will make or break you – literally. Speaking from experience (and still trying to figure it out every day), energy drives outcomes, whether desired or undesired. Managing the ebb and flow of energy in high performance, high pressure environments is incredibly difficult – but for those who have found it, all the power to them. To help manage my energy, I think about this idea:
If the house isn’t on fire, don’t worry about it
If the house is on fire and you do your job, it will go out
If the house is on fire, you do your job and it didn’t go out, it wouldn’t have anyway
Put your energy where it will matter. Avoid putting out fires that aren’t there or dwelling on fires that couldn’t be stopped after 100% effort.
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