In our podcast, https://soul-inspired-leadership.com/episodes/ Janice Kobelsky defined “strength as high levels of energy, where we feel engaged and can create value.” We also briefly mentioned the fact that we face energy draining situations on a daily basis, often without being aware of it.
The things you do either give you energy or drain you. Choose wisely.
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Ross: “It is your choice how you react to things.” Apart from reacting wisely the idea here is to become increasingly aware how people, situations or thoughts drain our life energy on a continuous basis without us even realizing.
Antoinette uses the metaphor of a bathtub, where apart from the tub drain there are small holes or cracks in the bottom of the tub, representing the thoughts, situations or people mentioned above. For example, the primary energy drain might be caused by a crisis at work, in that case, the energy drain is noticeable. The little holes are related to the things going on in the subconscious, slowly and unknowingly draining our energy day by day.
To preserve energy these holes and drains they need to be sealed. For this, Antoinette recommends becoming present several times during the day to do a check-in. This is to assess whether what you are engaged in either depleting or revitalizing your energy.
Ross explains that it is essential to allow time during the day to “reflect on how you are going today? What are your challenges? How do I feel at this moment?” This helps to control what happens during the cause of the day, so you can be proactive, rather than constantly reactive to the stimuli around you.
This daily check-in balances, and saves, a good percentage of your internal energy.
The more you engage in things that you are good at, and like, the better you become, the more your energy will increase and vice versa.
A great leader can identify this dynamic in themselves and within individual employees. They then are in a position to do the needful to help them turn any downward spiraling energy around. Once the employee recognizes their energy drains and can “plug” them, their energy and motivation will increase. This change will be systemic, in that, the whole team becomes so much stronger as well.
Our SIL Leadership Balancing Cards help plug these leaks by emitting balancing, as well as strengthening frequencies into the energy field of a person to boost their strengths and capabilities. Focusing on their strengths will also automatically increase their internal energy.
If you would like to find out quickly where your energy leaks are, contact us.
How do we identify these energy leaks? Being mindful and conscious of what is happening within you is the key. Jane Grafton, the guest in our next podcast, will share how mindfulness is an essential ability to gain insights and tap into one’s innate wisdom.
