Productivity is About Balancing Your Mental Energy Not Your Time
Don’t run out of mental energy by the end of the day
It’s not how much you have to do. It’s about how much mental energy you have. When your mental energy is drained, it doesn’t matter how much time you have, you won’t be productive.
The key to being productive is to successfully manage your mental energy every day.
In other words, balance your energy, not your time.
“Where our focus goes, our energy flows.” — Tony Robbins, an American author, coach, motivational speaker, and philanthropist
Even if you have a substantial amount of time to handle everything you have to do, you may run out of mental energy before it’s done. It’s important to look at what drains your brain and fix those culprits.
We become frustrated when we try to balance our time and not our energy. Time management is about how you allocate your energy to your to-do list. You can’t give the same amount of time to your body, mind, work, and play.
You can’t afford to ignore these areas either. That’s why you need to focus on how much energy you spend on every area and minimize areas that are draining your mental energy.
