By: McGhee Productivity Solutions, email info@mcgheepro.com.

We’ve found that there are five specific areas that we have to manage well in order to be effective and productive. These are: time, e-mail, our organization system, interruptions, and energy. Each is a reflection of how well we manage ourselves.

Let’s focus on energy, suppose that the one who wins is the one that has the most energy left at the end of the day. Where do you stand? Do you feel drained at the end of your day? Here are a few keys that we've found energize people and thus the workplace.
 
Drink more water - Staying hydrated at work is a big factor in remaining energized.
 
Get more sleep - Doing the "mind clearing" exercise that we teach in the Take Back Your Life Seminar can help with sleep. If you have trouble falling to sleep, go to bed with a notepad within reach so that you can easily write anything down that comes to mind.

Complete strategic next actions - The more strategic actions we can complete, the more energy we get back. Our incompletions drain our energy; one of the main reasons to break work down into small independent steps is so that we can experience completion on a more regular basis.

Take regular breaks (every 60-90 minutes) - We are corporate athletes and like an athlete who needs to walk off the court to rest mentally, physically, and emotionally, we must do the same at work. Some people like to run a marathon and "push through," but we recommend treating your day as a series of shorter more focused sprints of energy. As Jim Loehr wrote in his book The Power of Full Engagement, "In order to be fully engaged, we also need to be fully disengaged at times."

Contact us at info@mcgheepro.com for more information on managing energy or any of the following: time, e-mail, organization system and interruptions.