Lewis Howes explains why throwing yourself into meaningful work actually energizes you instead of wearing you down. Coasting and disengagement drain you. Full commitment to something that matters renews you.
People feel that the more energy you give, the more drained you become, but it's actually not true. Similarly with work, it's like the more effort and engagement you give to your work that doesn't deplete your energy, that actually renews your energy. The most draining thing in the world is coasting, looking at your clock, being like, oh God, when is this going to end? No one is energized by that. No one sucks the life out of you. Sucks the life out of you. But if you're fully engaged, if you're like giving it your all, if you're showing up sincerely rather than seriously, if you're doing all things, treating it like play, lightness and ease, having fun along the way, trying to help people out, you get home from the end of the day of work feeling more energized than when you started, even though counterintuitively you've been putting a lot of energy into it.
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