energy management for lawyers
In my recent post on fueling lawyer happiness, I discussed the XE Factor - a teaching model of human energy exchange I devised to help lawyers and other service professionals I work with better understand how a particular person, issue, interaction or job impacts them on an energetic level. I believe that much of the work-related conflict, stress and discontent we experience stems from our inability to gauge, protect and renew our personal energy stores.
As he’s done before, blogger and passion catalyst Curt Rosengren again highlights the importance of understanding this dynamic of human energy depletion, conservation and generation. In a post on Energy catalysts he observes: “People who feel vibrant and alive because they're doing what they're meant to be doing are inherently energizing to be around.” Rosengren dubs these people energy catalysts. On the flipside are the energy sappers [also known as energy vampires]. These “people who are dissatisfied with where their lives are taking them can be a drain, sucking the energy out of their surroundings” and the folks they interact with.
Most of us go through the day without considering our own energy state. We know that we’re feeling put off, tired, overwhelmed and disheartened, but we don’t attribute those feelings to impaired energy. In a new Fast Company article called Is Your Boss Killing You? we learn more about the great havoc wreaked by workplace energy sappers. The piece leads off by citing study findings suggesting that “caustic, abrasive, and overbearing bosses just might be taking years off their employees' lives.” It goes on to offer expert views on ways people can avoid or re-route this energetic drain, such as “looking at pictures of their families, visualizing a beautiful vacation spot, or even trying to imagine a problematic situation as comical rather than stressful.”
Additional insight into personal energy management comes from an article in the July 2006 Law Practice Today titled Meet the Most Powerful Stress Manager: Your Heart. In it, Kim Allen and Bruce Cryer of HeartMath LLC outline the heart’s role in creating and maintaining a positive energy flow in the human mind and body.
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In my recent post on fueling lawyer happiness, I discussed the XE Factor - a teaching model of human energy exchange I devised to help lawyers and other service professionals I work with better understand how a particular person, issue, interaction or job impacts them on an energetic level. I believe that much of the work-related conflict, stress and discontent we experience stems from our inability to gauge, protect and renew our personal energy stores.
As he’s done before, blogger and passion catalyst Curt Rosengren again highlights the importance of understanding this dynamic of human energy depletion, conservation and generation. In a post on Energy catalysts he observes: “People who feel vibrant and alive because they're doing what they're meant to be doing are inherently energizing to be around.” Rosengren dubs these people energy catalysts. On the flipside are the energy sappers [also known as energy vampires]. These “people who are dissatisfied with where their lives are taking them can be a drain, sucking the energy out of their surroundings” and the folks they interact with.
Most of us go through the day without considering our own energy state. We know that we’re feeling put off, tired, overwhelmed and disheartened, but we don’t attribute those feelings to impaired energy. In a new Fast Company article called Is Your Boss Killing You? we learn more about the great havoc wreaked by workplace energy sappers. The piece leads off by citing study findings suggesting that “caustic, abrasive, and overbearing bosses just might be taking years off their employees' lives.” It goes on to offer expert views on ways people can avoid or re-route this energetic drain, such as “looking at pictures of their families, visualizing a beautiful vacation spot, or even trying to imagine a problematic situation as comical rather than stressful.”
Additional insight into personal energy management comes from an article in the July 2006 Law Practice Today titled Meet the Most Powerful Stress Manager: Your Heart. In it, Kim Allen and Bruce Cryer of HeartMath LLC outline the heart’s role in creating and maintaining a positive energy flow in the human mind and body.
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Terrific post!!!
See "The Unhappy Lawyer" at http://settleitnow.blogspot.com.
We are also now seeking articles for our fall issue of the Settle It Now Dispute Resolution Journal.
Please see today's post at http://settleitnow.blogspot.com -- a Call for Articles from the new Settle It Now Dispute Resolution Jouranl (www.settlenow.com)
We have a distinguished Advisory Editorial Board and intend to become one of the five top academic journals of note in the fields of alternate dispute resolution and restorative justice practices, as well as the social, cultural, psychological and political study of conflict.
We are looking for articles in the fields of mediation, arbitration, restorative justice, international relations, consensus building and peace activism.
Our first volume (see www.settlenow.org)was eclectic in subject matter and international in scope. Robert M. Nelson of the Canadian Gowlings law firm contributed an article on the use of alternate dispute resolution programs in post-Communist societies. Robert Dobbins provided an incisive essay on best practices in drafting mediation and arbitration agreements -- the commercial litigation "pre-nup."
Kenneth Cloke graciously allowed us to publish a chapter from his new book, The Crossroads of Conflict. The chapter published, Mediating Evil, War and Terrorism -- the Politics of Conflict, is an unflinching look at the evil we suffer and the evil we do.
Troy Anthony Thomas provided us with a fascinating study of the conflict resolution style and substance of Jesus of Nazareth -- a much needed investigation given our nation's present religious polarization on nearly every critical issue from religious study and practice in the schools, to "intelligent design," gay marriage, and abortion. How would Jesus have resolved these conflicts in modern society?
Finally, Editor-in-Chief Victoria Pynchon included her own article on restorative justice practices in the criminal justice system. She reviews the ways in which former offenders can find peace and purpose in post-offender communities in much the same way that recovering alcoholics have pursued healthy and productive lives through the principles and practices of Alcoholics Anonymous.
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Hi Arnie!
It was great to hear about your upcoming trip in your ezine. I was drawn to this post about tuning into your energy levels, as I see it being a real key to work/life satisfaction.
I am so thankful that you are doing what you are doing for the legal community... having known many lawyers, the field is notorious for churn and burn. The function you provide is important, and I am happy that you are encouraging others to find their "sweet spot" so that they provide a needed service while living a fulfilling and energy-filled life.
Keep up the good work and safe travels!
All the best,
-Pam