This is Rachel Cook.

Welcome to today's episode of the Get It Done Guy, five ways to be more productive by managing your energy.

Productivity is all about output.

The more you achieve, the more accomplished you feel. But more isn't always better. The quality of what you produce is just as important as the quantity. And one of the most powerful ways to maximize the quality of your output is to manage your energy. Your energy is like the fuel in your car.

An empty tank won't take you far.

But the biggest difference between your car's fuel tank and your own

is that what refueles your car is universal.

Unless you're driving a high-performance vehicle, fuel is fuel.

But when it comes to your personal fuel tank, what fuels or recharges

you is specific to you. To maximize your productivity, you'll want to spend time getting to

know yourself. Understanding your signals, your rhythms, and your greatest sources of energy

will bump your productivity up exponentially.

Let me share some of my favorite tips on how you can keep your energy in the max productivity

zone.

Tip number one, know your low energy tells.

Let's go back to the car analogy.

Imagine the feeling you get when you're stuck in traffic.

You look at your dashboard and the emergency fuel light has come on.

It's a stressful moment to bear, but it's also a gift.

You never have to wonder how your car's fuel tank is doing.

Blissfully, it carries no emotional baggage.

When the needle hits E, it's time to refuel. You, on the other hand, are not always so

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