Some leaders define success according to financial or career benchmarks. Others define it by the quality of their relationships, the mark they’re leaving on the world, or a certain sense of freedom they wish to achieve.  Whatever the measure, we achieve success when we perform at the top of our game. This occurs when we achieve a high level of Engaged Energy.

Engaged Energy:  the type and quantity of energy you are actually USING at a given point in time

Because of its vital role in success, it is extremely important to understand what creates our level of Engaged Energy, and also, how to shift to and nurture high energy.

While many scientists are credited with amazing energy-related discoveries, Einstein’s formula, E=MC², expresses it most eloquently: everything is energy. Core Energy Coaching helps us to understand the two types of energy within each of us:

• Catabolic energy = destructive, contracting, resisting energy (cat = down, against)

• Anabolic energy = constructive, expanding, fueling energy (ana = building, upward)

Both types of energies are valuable and applicable in certain areas of life. Catabolic energy is necessary for immediate survival needs. If we were attacked by a lion, for instance, we would want the burst of adrenaline and cortisol (catabolic hormones) to help us run as fast as we can. As a short-term survival/coping mechanism, catabolic energy can work well.

Anabolic energy looks and feels different from catabolic energy. This energy is behind everything from creativity and intuition to compassion and caring. This type of energy fuels our bodies like a bright light while shifting our performance, perceptions, and interactions.

Within the broad categories of anabolic and catabolic energy, Core Energy Coaching teaches seven levels of core energy – energy that is at the core of thoughts, emotions, and actions that relate to how we see ourselves, those around us, and the world itself. It’s drives our attitude and leadership philosophy. Our core energy is where our energy is focused at any given time and is measured by the Energy Leadership Index Assessment which provides us with our unique Energetic Profile.

Maximizing our level of engaged energy drives our level of engagement in situations, with others, and life. It raises our task-specific energy (on a short and long-term basis) and creates and implements an actionable plan to yield the best atmosphere for success and performance. If you were to compare your energy with a light bulb, would you be burning brightly, blowing up, or on the brink of burning out?

Is your level of engaged energy where you want it to be as a leader?