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Tony Schwartz

Tony Schwartz

Authors of The Power of Full Engagement

Tony Schwartz is the CEO and founder of The Energy Project, which helps companies fuel sustainable high performance by better meeting the needs of their employees.Tony’s most recent book, The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working: The Four Forgotten Needs That Energize Great Performance, was a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller. His previous book, The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy Not Time, co-authored with Jim Loehr, spent four months on the New York Times bestseller list and has been translated into 28 languages.

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The Power of Full Engagement

Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal

by Tony Schwartz, James E. Loehr

Loehr and Schwartz tell us we've gotta manage ENERGY not time if we wanna really optimize our lives. Their book is pure goodness. In this Note, we'll explore the four principles of full engagement, why we want to be more like sprinters rather than marathon runners, that there's a pulse of life and we need to honor it, and the power of positive rituals. And some other really Big Ideas on getting our Full Engagement on.

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Peak Performance & Self-Care

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Annoyed? Ask: How Am I That?

In our last +1, we talked about shadows and attending your own lectures. Let’s continue the theme and talk about a great idea from The Power of Full Engagement. Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz give us another really powerful way to deal with that dis-integrated murky stuff we project onto others. Here’s ...

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Connection & Conquering Perfectionism

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“How Am I THAT?”
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Well, How Are You?

Continuing our exploration of using interpersonal challenges as fuel for our flames and brightness, let’s talk a little more about how to alchemize interactions with challenging people people we perceive to be challenging. This little passage from Tony Schwartz and Jim Loehr’s great book The Power of...

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Conquering Perfectionism & Self-Image

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Virtue Management
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vs. Time Management vs. Energy Management

Last night as I was falling asleep, I was reflecting on the wonderful time I spent with a dear friend who came up to Ojai for a hike to chat about his next hero’s journey. We talked about some of the key themes of our upcoming Mastery Series/Optimize Coach program. (Fun fact: Looks like he’ll be doin...

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Masterpiece Days & Modern Hērō

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