The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal
Master sustainable performance by managing energy, not time, in work and life
About This Book
If you’ve ever ended the day exhausted, distracted, and wondering where all your effort went, you’re using the wrong fuel. This playbook shows you how to switch from time management to energy management—the skill that powers sustained performance, health, and happiness. You’ll learn to work in focused sprints, recover like an athlete, and build positive rituals that make willpower almost unnecessary. You’ll redesign sleep, food, movement, and mindset so your best hours happen on purpose. Expect concrete routines, stories that feel like real life, and a simple system—Purpose, Truth, Action—that turns values into daily behavior. This isn’t about doing more; it’s about bringing more to what matters.About the Author
Jim Loehr is a performance psychologist who has coached world‑class athletes, military teams, and senior executives on how to perform under pressure. Tony Schwartz is an executive coach and leadership expert known for translating behavioral science into practical routines for work and life. Together, they’ve helped thousands of people build rituals that make high performance sustainable—balancing stress with recovery, and ambition with well‑being. Their work blends clear science, relatable stories, and step‑by‑step tools anyone can use, from students to CEOs. They believe your energy—not your schedule—is the true engine of your best work and best self.
Biggest Takeaway
- Feel steady, high-quality energy throughout the day instead of crashing after lunch. - Focus deeply for 90–120 minutes, then reset quickly with short, research-backed recovery breaks. - Replace willpower battles with automatic rituals anchored to your values. - Turn stress into growth using deliberate overload and smart recovery across body, emotion, mind, and purpose. - Sleep better, eat smarter, hydrate consistently, and move in ways that sharpen thinking. - Transform negativity into realistic optimism and stronger relationships at work and home. - Write a personal vision and align daily actions with it to protect what matters most. - Lead others more effectively by stewarding team energy, not just time and tasks.
Key Insights from This Book
Explore the most important ideas and learn how to apply them in your life.
Why time management fails and the energy approach finally works
Your brain runs on 90‑minute waves, learn to surf them
Use stress like a gym for body, mind, and character
Make willpower irrelevant by ritualizing what matters
Fuel, breathe, sleep, move—the four levers of daily energy
Turn threat into challenge and anger into useful fuel
Realistic optimism beats positive thinking when the stakes are high
Anchor your day to values so discipline finally sticks
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