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There is one more good reason to focus on innovation: Innovation energizes a business.

…people need to develop a regular habit of challenging the conventional wisdom. This takes energy and courage, but it takes a process as well.

Innovators need to rub elbows with one another, exchange ideas, and be energized by other passionate and off-center thinkers.

…only by selecting with care to what and to whom you want to give your precious time, attention, and energy will you be able to maintain a positive emotional state and do your best.

The rush and the gush become allies if worry gives way to hope. The forgotten variable – emotion, turning negative emotional energy into positive – is the most crucial of all.

It may seem difficult at first, but if you get in the habit of canceling what doesn’t really matter, you’ll be amazed how much better you feel and how much more energy you have.

Today, the greatest threats to your living a productive, joyful life come… from [those] who would steal your attention, rob you of your time and mental energy, and terrorize you as you attempt to find the right rhythm in your life.

When we judge one another… we’re championing a system that distracts us from what really matters (results) and focuses our energy on what doesn’t (time and place).

The real issue is not the number of hours we sit behind a desk but the energy we bring to the work we do and the value we generate as a result.

…by living mostly desk-bound sedentary lives, we expend too little physical energy and grow progressively weaker. Inactivity takes a toll not just on our bodies, but also on how we feel and how we think.