by Mike Davenport, CoachingSportsToday.com
Time-management is everywhere.
Books and blog posts abound with a wealth of tricks to squeeze a few more workable minutes out of your day.
But none of those are any good to you if you sit down exhausted and your head bounces off your desk after a long day of coaching and managing your program. If you’re blurry-eyed and nodding off at 4pm, you can imagine how good your afternoon practice is going to be.
So forget time-management. Let’s talk energy-management instead. Personal energy — the type of energy you need to get through your coaching day.
Your Energy Is Being Sucked Right Out Of You
We live in a busy world. And because of that, we’re constantly running low on energy. Between info overwhelm, constant connectedness, crisis-after-crisis, and increasing obligations, our personal-energy is continually being drained.
Not too long ago, that wasn’t a big issue. A good night’s sleep, and you woke refreshed and ready to shred the world.
Today is different. Most of us aren’t smart with our personal-energy.
Sleep is important, sure, but sleep just restores energy. Managing personal-energy, focusing on regenerating it and using it to its greatest potential can help you reach new heights in your coaching.
Think Differently
Imagine you’re an energy-company executive. Your top three concerns (if you want your company to succeed) are producing, storing, and delivering energy. If you don’t manage those concerns properly, your company is going to fail.
I asked you to imagine you’re an energy-company executive, but here’s what I’m saying: You already ARE one. You control your own power company and you need to make sure you can produce, store and can deliver your own energy on demand.
Here’s how you take care of your first concern, producing energy: You need to eat well, exercise regularly, and get enough sleep.
Simple enough.
Dr. Mike Davenport is an expert on building a successful, balanced coaching career. He will be a featured speaker at the upcoming National Collegiate Recruiting Conference for college coaches, and is the creator of CoachingSportsToday.com.