How to Manage Your Energy (When You Work in a High-Energy Profession)

Do you work in a demanding role that requires significant physical or mental energy investment and expenditure?

Do you often feel drained by the end of the workday, with little energy left for personal activities?

If your answer to these questions is “yes,” you probably work in a high-energy profession.

Understanding High-Energy Professions

High-energy professions require significant physical, mental, or emotional energy investment, for example, teaching, leadership, training, coaching, and front-line care or service.

Since we all have different energy baselines, “high energy” is subjective. If you are exhausted at the end of the day, this is for you.

Debunking Myths About High-Energy Professions

It’s often assumed that high-energy professions are best suited to energetic (typically extroverted) individuals. But this is not always the case.

In her popular book “ Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking “ Susan Cain explains, “introverts and extroverts differ in the level of outside stimulation that they need to function well”. So, introverts get their energy from alone…