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Energy-Check: Find your sources of energy!

Overview

Energy is the key to motivation, productivity, and well-being. A conscious approach to your energy helps you to better manage your studies, job and everyday life. 

The following exercise will help you discover your energy.

Excercise

Step 1: Write down three things that gave you a lot of energy in the last week. Example: a walk in the forest, sports before work, lunch with colleagues.

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Step 2: Write down three things that made you tired, stressed, or drained.

Example: an unstructured meeting, a long train ride to the customer, lengthy coordination loops for a project.

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Step 3: Think about

  1. which of the energizing activities you can integrate more often into your daily routine and
  2. which of the energy-sapping activities can you reduce or avoid altogether?
  3. If the latter is not possible: plan an activity that gives you strength directly before or after.

Example: after the annoying meeting, you go to lunch with nice colleagues; you do the next coordination call virtually while taking a walk; you do sports three times a week.

Tip: small changes often make a big difference. Try a conscious adjustment next week!

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  3. Before and after:

The exercise is part of our Wayfinder program.
 

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