Ben Morton explains how scheduling draining tasks when you're already tired creates a double drain that kills performance. He recommends an energy audit to identify what energizes versus depletes you, then schedule critical work during peak energy and draining tasks when you're already low.
You see, what happens is we put off a task that we already find draining, or one that depletes our energy, to a point in the day or week when we're already tired. And that's when performance starts to drop. That's when mistakes creep in.
Pained or fatigued.
The second question is, what energizes you and what drains you? What parts of your current role truly play to your strengths? And on the flip side, what parts of your current role take more out of you? And once you're clear on those two things, you can start to plan your days and use your time much more effectively. You can align your most important pieces of work and your most critical conversations around the times when you know you have the most energy. And those tasks and activities that you are inevitably going to find more draining
