Energy takers vs energy givers
jasonleow • 28 Jun 2024 •
Saw this in my LinkedIn feed about energy takers vs energy givers:
Makes so much sense. Screw productivity hacks. Being productive is mostly about removing more things from the takers and adding more things from the givers.
Now I wonder: What’s my list these days?
Energy takers:
- Spending anything more than 1-2h on Twitter
- Reading about—or worse, being entangled in—drama/outrage on social media
- Getting into (stupid) arguments
- Having to interact with toxic people
- Overthinking, overworrying
- Mindlessly getting through the day
- Doing what I’m not aligned to
Energy givers:
- Daily morning exercise
- Enough sleep
- Good quality sleep
- Making breakfast with son
- Eating a nice steak
- Mindfulness meditation
- Working with intention and mindfulness
- Setting objectives for the day/week
- Decompressing to relieve stress
- Working on something I’m inspired by
What else?