Reading The Power of Full Engagement changed something fundamental.
You stopped organizing your life around time. And started organizing it around energy.
You’re not a machine. You’re a living system that runs on four kinds of energy—physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual. If any one of them is depleted, you lose your edge. You can’t create, connect, or lead from exhaustion.
Time always felt scarce. Like you were racing against the clock, trying to squeeze in work, parenting, prayer, writing, rest—never quite catching up. The result was predictable: you felt busy and guilty at the same time.
Energy is different. It invites you to be deliberate. It rewards rhythm, not rigidity. It asks: what do you need to give your best here? Then: how will you recover?
Your children don’t need two hours of distracted time. They need thirty minutes of you at full emotional presence. Your work doesn’t need ten hours of shallow focus. It needs a few bursts of deep mental clarity, followed by real breaks. Your body doesn’t need perfection—it just needs consistent movement, nourishment, and sleep.
And beneath it all is your spiritual energy. The most important one. When you nourish that first, somehow everything else finds its place. You’re not just more productive this way. You’re more at peace.
You keep trying to control your calendar, hoping more discipline will unlock your potential. But it’s not time you’re missing—it’s energy.