Jeff, this is great advice for sustainable energy management. I'm wondering if you have any thoughts on one time events that massively drain your energy and techniques for recovering from extraordinary one-off situations.
The point of spinning the flywheel up is to be able to _absorb_ more hits. And the faster it's spinning, the more you can absorb. But still there will inevitably come a crushing blow to your energy. I can think of a few in the last couple of years that I have gone through, losing my job, and far more catastrophically, losing my brother-in-law. What I found to propel me through both was actually much like how I would respond to tough times at work when I was a manager: recognizing that there are others counting on me and benefiting from my own "energy giving". Despite feeling an overwhelming sense of rudderlessness, I saw that there was certainly benefit in bringing energy to others around me. And then, to make sure my own energy store didn't evaporate, I leaned on my most core support group to, as my mother used to always say, "give me strength." My wife, Charu, and my siblings, most notably on this occasion being Ann and John.
Jeff, this is great advice for sustainable energy management. I'm wondering if you have any thoughts on one time events that massively drain your energy and techniques for recovering from extraordinary one-off situations.
The point of spinning the flywheel up is to be able to _absorb_ more hits. And the faster it's spinning, the more you can absorb. But still there will inevitably come a crushing blow to your energy. I can think of a few in the last couple of years that I have gone through, losing my job, and far more catastrophically, losing my brother-in-law. What I found to propel me through both was actually much like how I would respond to tough times at work when I was a manager: recognizing that there are others counting on me and benefiting from my own "energy giving". Despite feeling an overwhelming sense of rudderlessness, I saw that there was certainly benefit in bringing energy to others around me. And then, to make sure my own energy store didn't evaporate, I leaned on my most core support group to, as my mother used to always say, "give me strength." My wife, Charu, and my siblings, most notably on this occasion being Ann and John.