4 Tips for Managing your Energy, Not your time

4 Tips for Managing Your Energy, Not Your Time

With organizations demanding more and more from their people these days, time-pressed employees have to scramble to keep up. You may not be able to make the day any longer, but you can replenish your energy. Use these four simple tips to help you work smarter and prevent burn out: Take brief but regular breaks. Step away from your desk every 90 to 120 minutes. Take a walk, get a drink, just stretch your legs, or go for a smoke break, just remember smoking can kill you. Say thank you. Being positive boosts your energy level. Regularly express appreciation to others. Reduce interruptions. Perform tasks that need concentration away from phones and email. Instead, designate specific times in your day to respond to messages. (Scratch out your diary) Do what you love. Understand where your strengths lie and what you enjoy doing. Find ways to do more of those things and less of what tires you out.

Today's Management Tip was adapted from HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself, one of six HBR article collections in the popular 10 Must Reads series further adapted and brought to you by Edwin van Wyk via Harvard Business Review.