It’s not about time management, it’s about energy management.”
— Kat Cole, CEO of Cinnabon
Having just returned from five days away from my busy life at home to attend the extremely busy SCBWI International Conference in NY, I am a bit wacked to spend time posting on my blog this morning. But on my flight last night, I read the brilliant quote above and decided I would heretoforward adopt it as my mantra. I thought you might like it, too.
Kat says managing our energy means doing more of the activities that fill up our tanks and less of those that deplete it. For me, that means:
- more writing/less talking about writing
- more strategizing with others about how to make their dreams come true/less pouting about how hard it seems
- more letting go of words and actions that don’t feed my intentions/less hanging on because I might need them some day. Hey! That applies to shoes, too!
Try this re-framing and let me know how it works for you. But only if that fills your tank…
