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Chapter 22
Manage Your
Energy, Not
Your Time
A summary of the full-length HBR article by Tony
Schwartz and Catherine McCarthy, highlighting key
ideas.
THE IDEA IN BRIEF
Is your job demanding more from you than ever before?
Do you feel as if you’re working additional hours but rarely
getting ahead? Is your mobile device leashing you to your
job 24/7? Do you feel exhausted, disengaged, sick?
Spending longer days at the offi ce and putting in ex-
tra hours at home doesn’t work because your time is a
limited resource. But your personal energy is renewable.
By fostering deceptively simple rituals that will help you
regularly replenish your energy ...