When we are less focused, we are more creative. This is known as the “inspiration paradox”. Understanding your daily flow of energy lets you increase both productivity and creativity. Consequently, work will get done faster and more efficiently.

1. TIME HACKING
The Inspiration
Paradox
When we are not feeling as focused, we do our best creative work
BUT
We make worse decisions
How to Catapult Productivity
By leveraging your will power and energy curve
LEVERAGE YOUR
REBOUND ENERGY
Save tasks for the early evening that require a
"distracted" or uninhibited state of mind to create,
innovate, or capture new insights. The paradox is
that when we feel more scattered, we can
experience our greatest "eureka" moments.
OUR ENERGY
BLUEPRINT
75% of the population functions with their
peak energy in the morning, trough
energy levels in the early afternoon, and
rebound energy levels in the early
evening.
RECHARGE DURING
TROUGH PERIODS
Know when your energy is tapped out and take
vigilance breaks, take a walk out in nature,
workout, buy a colleague a cup of java and talk
about something other than work or, if you are
lucky, set an alarm and take a 20 minute nap.
GET MORE DONE IN LESS TIME BY UNDERSTANDING HOW
YOUR ENERGY FLOWS
Ask us how you can leverage the Impetus InSite Platform to get the best insights,
engagement, and ideas from your customer advisors by allowing them to participate
asynchronously when they are at their peak energy levels.
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MAXIMIZE MORNINGS
Schedule tasks that require "brain power" and
analysis in the morning. These include
communications (ie. earnings calls), brainstorm
meetings, and negotiations (ie. touchy legal
cases). We are more effective in the morning
when we are running on a full tank of "will
power" and hyper diligence.
PEAK
TROUGH
REBOUND
WILL POWER IS A FINITE RESOURCE THAT IS
EASILY DEPLETED IF NOT CAREFULLY
MANAGED