September 7th, 2011 
jvremec
How Leaders Increase Their Personal Energy
I recently posted an article tha dealt with ways leaders create energy in their organizations through their beliefs and behaviors.
This article deals with how leaders sustain and increase their personal energy.
Many highly successful, highly energetic people don’t appear energetic in the external, Energizer Bunny, kind of way. But what they possess is the kind of internal energy that keeps them moving and asking and discovering and recharging their batteries through action.
Most leaders we talked to agreed that part of high energy, both internal and external, is probably genetic – some people’s motors just run faster. But having said that, they all said the biggest elements of energy creation and renewal are passion, commitment, focus and accomplishment.
Many of the leaders we talked to used exercising as an example of how the two dimensions of energy work with – or against – each other. They described times they forced themselves to exercise even though they were angry, or frustrated, or disappointed. The effect of forcing themselves to meet their commitment to themselves lifted them up, and renewed their energy. They were proud that they fought through the negative emotions to do what they had committed to do. And even though their level of performance may have initially suffered because of the negative emotions, the action of keeping a commitment energized them – internally and externally. As one leader joked about exercise ” It feels so good when I’m finished.”
About the author: Andy Cox is President of Cox Consulting Group LLC. He founded his firm in 1995 after extensive experience in leadership positions in Fortune 500 corporations. His focus is on helping clients select, develop, retain and enhance the performance of leaders and emerging leaders. He can be reached at http://www.coxconsultgroup.com . Visit his blog at http://multiplysuccess.blogspot.com
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Why is it that I know so much about loosing weight but my self-motivation sucks?
I have researched tons of information about dieting (eating healthy and exercising) and also I have an Endocrinologist, but my self motivation is very bad, I have lost tons of weight already but am getting sick of dieting so I’m starting to go back to bad habits. Eating until I feel stuffed, eating sugar, etc. and I’ve stopped exercising. Please help, I would appreciate it very much, thank you. I am Vegan (diet not lifestyle) btw.
I’m the exact same way. You HAVE to push yourself. For me? I keep a bottle of sun tanning lotion in my room and car.. when I get the urge to eat something fattening or when I don’t feel like working out? I spray a little on my skin so I can smell it, then I think of how hot I’ll look in that bikini on the beach! So I don’t eat the food, and I go workout. Sounds crazy, but it motivates me. Find something that motivates you! Good luck (:
What is a good self motivation book?
I need a little, well alot of, help on getting myself motivated. im looking mainly in the exercise field but in life in general as well. So i was looking possibly for a good book to help or anybodys advice. One problem that i have is that i am not out of shape, in fact im quite in shape, so im not disgusted by myself which makes it hard for me to push myself to get of my butt and workout.
Not specifically for exercise, but life in general, I like the “Psychocybernetics” by Maxwell Maltz.
What are some good self-help self-motivation books?
I need a good effective book to motivate me, help me be a better person, and lose weight.
There’s a great book called “There’s Nothing Wrong With You” by Cherie Huber. That I recommend to anyone anytime they start doubting themselves for one thing or another. Too many self help books only seem to deal with the “symptoms” and not the real underlying issues that are held deep inside. By that I mean, “Why DO we feel the way we do about ourselves…that cause us to behave in unhealthy ways”? Give this book a chance to unlock the mechanisms inside as a catalyst for change.
http://www.amazon.com/There-Nothing-Wrong-You-Self-Hate/dp/0971030901
How to increase our self motivation?
I’m a college student, I also have job to earn money.
It was the 5′th years of my study, and now I had no motivation to get graduated??
Is that because of, I’m to enjoy to have work?
Help me please…
thanks.
Earning money, makes you forget your prior goal like student, you must fight against it the harder you can, job can give you different kind of environments you enjoy, gives you more oportunities but you maight lost the best ones…
What psychological technique can inspire self-motivation?
The usual most-motivating motivating factors are absent. There exists:
* No friends to be helped
* No observers to be impressed
* No sense of aiming for a goal that is meaningful and lasting.
What technique might invigorate great motivation to make things happen?
Imagine that you will be shot if you don’t do the thing to be done. Really try to believe it. Or try to have blind faith that supermodels will do the bouncey thing if you do the thing that has to be achieved.