Comments on: The Power of Full Engagement http://www.enicholas.com/books/the-power-of-full-engagement/ Internet marketing, facebook advertising and search engine strategies without all the hype! Mon, 14 Jun 2010 14:15:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ulric http://www.enicholas.com/books/the-power-of-full-engagement/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Ulric Sat, 02 Jan 2010 07:40:46 +0000 http://www.enicholas.com/books/the-power-of-full-engagement-managing-energy-not-time-is-the-key-to-high-performance-and-personal-renewal-paperback/#comment-2 As an author, my work requires focus and concentration, and in the especially intense period right before a deadline, I often found myself working 12 or more hours a day, hardly stopping to eat lunch and/or dinner. (Despite the fact that I write books about gastronomy, while on deadline meals too often meant grabbing whatever was fast and easy.) The ideas in THE POWER OF FULL ENGAGEMENT, to which I was previously exposed through attending programs led by author Tony Schwartz, changed my habits and productivity radically. Instead of the aforementioned "marathon" approach, I now break my workday into 90-minute "sprints," punctuated by 15-minute breaks which serve to re-energize and re-vitalize my efforts. Instead of feeling guilty for going for my daily run in Central Park, I now see it as "recovery" time that is not only a mini-vacation but vital to my overall productivity. Since researching and writing about food definitely stimulates the appetite, instead of skipping meals I now eat all day -- but just five small meals a day, which has actually helped me lose weight and keeps my energy up. And instead of working through the weekend, I now "force" myself to take at least one day off so that I can return to my work refreshed and renewed. <p>The results, for me, have been astounding -- both in terms of what I have been able to accomplish, and how I feel. My co-author and I recently finished not one but two books, both of which will be coming out in October 2003. And learning to tap new sources of physical, emotional, mental and spiritual energy has been a great positive charge in my life.</p><p>I can't recommend THE POWER OF FULL ENGAGEMENT more highly to anyone who wants to improve the quality of their professional and personal lives.</p> <p>--Andrew Dornenburg, James Beard Award-winning author... </p> As an author, my work requires focus and concentration, and in the especially intense period right before a deadline, I often found myself working 12 or more hours a day, hardly stopping to eat lunch and/or dinner. (Despite the fact that I write books about gastronomy, while on deadline meals too often meant grabbing whatever was fast and easy.) The ideas in THE POWER OF FULL ENGAGEMENT, to which I was previously exposed through attending programs led by author Tony Schwartz, changed my habits and productivity radically. Instead of the aforementioned “marathon” approach, I now break my workday into 90-minute “sprints,” punctuated by 15-minute breaks which serve to re-energize and re-vitalize my efforts. Instead of feeling guilty for going for my daily run in Central Park, I now see it as “recovery” time that is not only a mini-vacation but vital to my overall productivity. Since researching and writing about food definitely stimulates the appetite, instead of skipping meals I now eat all day — but just five small meals a day, which has actually helped me lose weight and keeps my energy up. And instead of working through the weekend, I now “force” myself to take at least one day off so that I can return to my work refreshed and renewed.

The results, for me, have been astounding — both in terms of what I have been able to accomplish, and how I feel. My co-author and I recently finished not one but two books, both of which will be coming out in October 2003. And learning to tap new sources of physical, emotional, mental and spiritual energy has been a great positive charge in my life.

I can’t recommend THE POWER OF FULL ENGAGEMENT more highly to anyone who wants to improve the quality of their professional and personal lives.

–Andrew Dornenburg, James Beard Award-winning author…

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