While it is usually not openly discussed in corporate business, the key to high performance is to be the emotionally healthiest version of yourself.  But how?  It all starts with emotional energy management.  Emotional energy is your psychological capacity to effectively deal with the immediate stressors in your life.  You can measure your emotional energy on a self-report scale of 0-100.  Like a school report card, a score in the 90s is an A; you feel high energy, great productivity, and positive.  In the 80s, that is a B; you are still positive, productive, and energetic but not quite at your best.  When your emotional energy gets into the 70s, that is when you feel fatigue creeping in.  While you are still optimistic, you are starting to feel yourself fading emotionally.  70 is the tipping point.  Once your emotional energy dips below 70, negative thinking begins.  That negativity quickly increases as your emotional energy spirals down into the 60s and below.  In athletics, we say that the tipping point number is when an athlete ‘breaks’ in their sport and their opponent senses a lack of motivation and uses it to their advantage.  Once you break, it is hard to bounce back quickly and get that positive momentum running again.

Emotional energy management is about proactively prioritizing your emotional health such that you are actively working on minimizing the emotional energy drains in your life and concentrating on raising your emotional energy.  Importantly, one of the best ways to efficiently work on your psychological stressors is one-on-one coaching/counseling with a licensed psychologist with a niche in helping high performers like you.  These professionals help you experience catharsis, a freeing of repressed strong emotions that make your mind clearer.  In conjunction, when you begin to intentionally experience the people, places, and things that restore your energy, you will feel better and be more productive.  Therefore, you should dedicate time every week to your favorite activities, whether it’s a comforting meal with your loved ones, taking walks with your significant other, or playing a round of golf.