The Energy Project | Tony Schwartz | Talks at Google

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harryf · 2016-01 · Recommendation

Interesting somewhat related talk from Tony Schwarz in the Leading @ Google series - [VIDEO] "Demand is relentlessly rising. Our capacity is not keeping pace. The traditional solution to higher demand has been to invest more time. Unfortunately, time is finite, and most of us have no hours left to invest. Energy, however, can be systematically expanded --- and it can also be regularly renewed. To operate at our best, we need four energy sources: physical (quantity), emotional (quality), mental (focus), and the energy of the human spirit (purpose). This talk will focus on the role of energy in fueling sustainable high performance, and in motivating others." ...which relates to the work he does at the Energy Project - [LINK]

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harryf · 2015-04 · Recommendation

In my experience people who work long hours are often too tired to be objective about the quality of the work they are delivering or their own efficiency . It's worth watching this talk from the Leading @ Google series - [VIDEO] The short version is, despite the information-age, we still think about this stuff in an industrial-age terms; that productivity is directly proportional to time spent. In fact it's highly non-linear for most forms of information-age value creating activitie.

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nobbyclark · 2014-06 · Recommendation

As we move from the Industrial Age to the Information Age, it becomes more about managing our energy as individuals, not how many hours we're putting on the clock Tony Schwarz's "Leading at Google" talk on this topic is excellent - [VIDEO]

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