Are you a shark or a dolphin?

Energy seems to be a big word these days everywhere from global offices to local kitchens. I’ve recently read the article Learning to Manage Your Energy at Entrepreneur.com that tackles the problem of time, or lack thereof, from the personal energy perspective.  The article offers a test to identify your energy profile:  you can be a shark, a dolphin, a whale, or a jellyfish. It also asks some important questions:

• Are you surviving or thriving?
• How to get from the surviving to thriving mode?

It appears that one way to increase you energy level is to eliminate the activities in your daily routine that drain you without giving you much in return.  If you don’t like the outcomes, you have to change what you are doing.  Legal Andrew has some tips for you in Increase Productivity by Doing Something Different.  Are you a fan of to-do lists? Learn to love not-to-do lists as they help to conserve your energy for bigger and more important things in your life.  Productivity Goal offers some suggestions on the issue in What Have You Committed Not To Do?  Here is advice from Kelly Forrister of the David Allen Company.    

My little dirty energy secret?  I have to have a good cup of coffee in the morning, so I am off to check out 12 Best Cups of Coffee of 2006 by Fast Company. I already feel energized. 

Comments

[Andrew Flusche]

I like your blog! Thanks a lot for the link; I hope you liked the article. It's always great to add a good new blog to my feed reader.

Have a great afternoon,
Andrew

[Anastasia]

Thanks, Andrew!
You have a great blog going there, it's on my subscription list. I'll see if I can kill my mouse.

Anastasia