Energy Management, Plug the Holes First
Everyone asks how to get more energy. That is the wrong first question. Your body and mind are a bucket — and before you pour anything in, you plug the holes.
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Everyone asks how to get more energy. That is the wrong first question. Your body and mind are a bucket — and before you pour anything in, you plug the holes.
Before building more energy, plug the leaks—identify the people, things, and unresolved emotions that quietly drain you, and manage them with wisdom.
The moments just before sleep and just after waking are two of the most powerful windows in your day—guide your awareness through them deliberately.
Whatever you give your awareness to grows within you; a constant diet of fear-based news cultivates anxiety, so be discerning about what you allow into your mind.
Every yes spends a portion of your finite energy and time; knowing your purpose and priorities lets you invest it consciously in what truly matters.
You have a mind. You are born with it. You live with it. Throughout your entire life, you function in the mind whether it be in your waking state or in your sleeping states. It’s the one thing you…
Since I released my Introduction to Meditation course in 2016, thousands of students from more than 130 countries around the world have gone through this training. Many students have shared with me…
Look at your life and look for opportunities to develop your willpower. Make this one of your life’s goals with a clear reason why you are developing willpower. To simply develop willpower is not…
I speak often about being affectionately detached towards “energy vampires” that drain you energetically. Sometimes these energy vampires happen to be close friends, relatives and even family…
If your awareness is constantly going to one particular area of the mind, then that is where your energy is flowing, and that area of the mind will become stronger and stronger. It is almost like you…
As soon as we control where awareness goes, we control where energy flows. As soon as we control where energy is flowing, we control what is manifesting in our life. This is a great secret to learn.
Meditation is all about working with your energy. Energy is inside of me, inside of you, inside of everything around us. First, you must understand your energy, get to know it. Then, harness the…
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