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Human beings… need to meet four energy needs to operate at their best: physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual.
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008 |
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We take too little responsibility for addressing our core needs, and we dissipate too much energy in blame, complaint, and finger-pointing.
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009 |
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Our core need at the mental level is self-expression, the freedom to put our unique skills and talents to effective use in the world.
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015 |
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Meaning and significance may seem like luxuries, but they’re a unique source of energy that ignites passion, focus, and perseverance.
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018 |
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…the willingness to take responsibility for our missteps and shortcomings frees up energy to learn, grown, and add value.
|
028 |
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By defining precisely when we’re going to undertake a behavior, we reduce the amount of energy we have to expend to get it done.
|
039 |
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The ethic of more, bigger, faster has prompted us to spend far more energy than we adequately renew, in a frenzied and largely futile effort to keep up with relentlessly rising demand.
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050 |
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As the demands in our lives have increased, our energy reserves have inexorably run down.
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109 |
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…providing employees more flexibility in their work schedules effectively gives them the freedom to take charge of managing their own energy throughout the day.
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115 |
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The more we feel our value is at risk, the more energy we spend defending it and the less energy we have available to create value.
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139 |
