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Surround yourself with energisers, not drainers ⚡️

2023-12-23 · Short · Ali · recording, 0:58 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Productivity and time · mode: Explanation and tutorial · tags: Feel-Good Productivity thesis, Evidence-based framing

In an extract from his book Feel-Good Productivity, Ali introduces relational energy: some people energise us and others drain us, a 2003 energy-map study by Rob Cross, Wayne Baker and Andrew Parker found wide agreement on who is which, and getting energy from people takes deliberate thought.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Relational energy, the energy map and surrounding yourself with energisers

  • ★★ Ali says that after time with certain people you feel ready to take on the world, while other people leave you drained and exhausted after every interaction. — 00:00:00 · energisers and drainers
  • ★★ Ali says scientists call the effect of our interactions with others on our mood relational energy. — 00:00:00 · energisers and drainers
  • ★★★ In a 2003 study, Ali says, psychology professors Rob Cross, Wayne Baker and Andrew Parker drew an energy map of consultants and managers at a few giant firms and found remarkable agreement about who was an energiser and who a drainer. — 00:00:00 · energisers and drainers
  • ★★★ Ali says people can lift our mood and make us more productive, but this is not a given: it takes deep thought about how we connect with each other. — 00:00:00 · energisers and drainers

Mentioned

Central: energisers and drainers

Also: Andrew Parker · Rob Cross · Wayne Baker

Only in the description or credits: Feel-Good Productivity (book)

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