You get up in the morning, go about your usual morning routine, start checking things off of your to-do list, and by lunchtime, you feel wiped out. All you want to do is go back to bed. Have you ever experienced this?
Energy management is the key to an entrepreneur’s peak performance.
The way we show up as entrepreneurs in our day to day lives, whether that be in our business or our personal lives, makes a huge difference in the quality of our lives and of the people around us.
In this episode, we deep dive into how to manage your energy as an entrepreneur and how to balance a structured routine with a creative flow state to optimize your energy.
Everyone has their own preference with how they structure their day in order to best manage their energy and get optimal results. The key is to understand your body rhythm in order to best manage your energy.
Energy management is a way of life for entrepreneurs and it is in how we manage our time and energy that affects how we manage our lives.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL FIND OUT…
- Acknowledging that entrepreneurship is a journey (3:25)
- Harnessing the open-ended creation (4:52)
- An entrepreneur as a creator (7:35)
- 2 Kinds of entrepreneurs: Flow state or Structured routine (10:02)
- The importance of structure in your day (13:16)
- Routine sets you free (14:36)
- Scheduled spontaneity (16:27)
- Hustle culture (16:40)
- The first 1,000 days of your business (18:35)
- Picking your top 3 priorities (19:01)
- Setting your boundaries (20:16)
- You set the rules (20:32)
- The CEO is the decision-maker (22:39)
- Minimalism to avoid decision fatigue (24:19)
- The importance of delegation (25:19)
- Intellect as your resource (31:43)
- The downside of strategic thinkers (31:27)
- Finding the balance between a thinker and a doer (33:57)
- Making sure you have recovery time to be a high performer (34:19)
- Energy management is your biggest asset (36:35)
- Your personal relationships are impacted by your energy management (36:52)
- Putting routine in your day with space for creative thinking (37:38)
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
- Flip the Switch by Jez Rose
WHERE YOU CAN FIND US
CARL TAYLOR
Automation Agency
CarlTaylor.com.au
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PETER MORIARTY
iTGenius
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