Categories: awareness, intention, risk

Quiz: You can create the energy needed to accomplish a task. True or False.

If you answered true, I love you, you optimist. And what you experience may appear to be a creation of energy. What you see, feel, and sense is actually a transformation of energy. The law of conservation of energy actually states that energy cannot be created or destroyed - only transformed.

Tonight I conducted a presentation for the NW Coaches Association. The meeting was outside with lots of distractions from me - birds flying overhead, ducks quacking, waiters coming around with drinks… And I wasn’t having the best of days. My sleep pattern is a little off, I’m changing my thyroid medication, and ultimately my energy has been rather low. And many of my peers and partners were going to be late to the meeting meaning that my usual support mechanisms weren’t going to be available.

So, how on earth did I create the energy to get in front of this group of 40 people, hold thier attention, get them excited and pump up the room, and create a wonderful experience for everyone?

Knowing that I cannot create energy, only transform it, I set out to find some energy to transform. On a hot, sweaty day - looking at long faces showing the effects of a brutal day of work - where could I find this energy to transform? Where could I find the resources needed?

I focused on a few things that work for me. Connecting to my body. Connecting to my fellow man. Connecting to nature. Connecting to beauty. Here were my proactive behaviors:

1. Hugging people to greet them - even if they didn’t initiate a hug
2. Focusing on my intention - to be willing to support and promote high coaching standards for the coaching community
3. Taking my time - it’s OK to go slowly, methodically, and patiently forward
4. Asking for what I want - I noticed that desserts were low for the group so I asked that more be provided
5. Asking people to go deeper - the exercise I created generated a lot of great ideas, and I encouraged the group to deepen the exercise for themselves. This was as much a gift for me as it was for them.

When I connect - when I plug in to the energy circuits of relationships, of nature, of my body, of the universe - I get the energy I need to transform into my own energy. I literally become a powerhouse simply by connecting to the energy that already exists.

Homework:

Where does your energy come from? Where does it go? Journal on what you believe your flux of energy is and identify the energy sources and the energy saps. Keep a diary of what you notice throughout the day. When we understand our energy input and output, we can make choices that might sap our energy knowing full well how we can recharge.

Truly Yours,

Joseph Lyons

PS. I’m exhausted now. I’m now going to recharge my battery with a full night’s sleep. Night night.

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