Why leaders more energy?Leaders have to think very differently and show a very high level of alertness when focusing on work, as they are being followed and sought after, by those in the team, and also by those who are the seniors who have confided in you, as a leader. There is so much of resources at stake on availability of leaders and their decisions are crucial.
So, leaders have to display high amount of enthusiasm all the time, and it is surely possible, just they need to be careful that they are focusing on things that matter to them. How to generate high energy?
1.      Are you checking your emotions? Emotions harbour a lot of energy, our average state of emotions for people in general is at 175, while 50 being highly depressive and suicidal, whereas 500 is state of feeling in love and above 500 is in a stage of spiritual enlightenment, feeling blessed and in oneness with the Almighty or spiritual guru. We have a tendency to feel generally negative emotions giving out anger, hatred, jealousy, frustration and so on. Such thoughts and emotions suck a lot of our energy, making us feel more tired, it is a vicious circle. If we exercise our conscious choice of choosing higher emotions which are feeling confident, loved, happy, grateful, contented etc. our energy would be much more. This can happen with heightened awareness of being able to know your current state of emotions, and choose willingly higher emotions. It will become slowly your natural choice after some time.Â
2.      Artificial Ways Of Generating EnergyYou can create energy by some artificial means also, to uplift your mood and state of feeling unhappy if you are going thru’ any such situations. Some of such powerful steps could be – listening to your favourite music, taking a walk in a garden, taking a shower, playing some game requiring to run or move, watching a movie, thinking of some good times in the past, try laughing in multiple ways and so on. The idea is to change your thoughts and feel more positive.
3.      Love What You DoThis simply means love whatever you do, even if you are doing something you do not like much. If we keep doing our work with hatred and frustration, it saps out all our energy. Many times you do not get in work situations which you like, still keep your mind focussed on positive aspects, and do the work with affection, e.g. it is a boring work of creating a report, do it lovingly, with all the care and respect. You will see the energy start shifting slowly. You anyway have to do it, and you are doing it, and then why not do it happily. It sounds too simple, but it is very powerful.
4.      Sleep WellIt is very important to download all your days burden and get up in the morning absolutely fresh. If you do not get good sleep, try some of these tested steps, it will surely change your sleep patterns. Before going to bed, wash your feet and face or better, take a shower. While going to the bed, make a peace with everyone in the world, and make a mental promise that I will get up tomorrow morning fully charged and fired up.
Above important steps if followed regularly can be very helpful in keeping you energized during the whole day.