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While all 7 threats highlighted by Robin Sharma in his latest book are legit, the one that threatens me the most (always!) is 'energetic diversion'. It took me at least two decades to realise that we ought to manage our energy mindfully. Our life goes where our energy flows. Our energy strengthens our convictions. Our convictions provoke our actions. We put in a lot of effort to manage our time, and strategically schedule our days/weeks/months and years however we should also be focusing on managing our energies. For instance, my productivity is at its best at a certain time of the day. And it is biased to, or to put it mildly, associated with certain kinds of activities and tasks too. For a very long time, I thought I was lazy when confronted with a certain challenging task at a certain time of the day however after several years of experiments later it dawned on me that it wasn't true. I wasn't lazy, I had just lacked the energy to focus on the challenge at that time of the day. Writing, especially writing or anything that demands a creative knack including finding solutions to certain challenges, I do best in the quiet hours. I am sure a lot of you would be like me. You would enjoy the peace and tranquillity that comes with the quiet hours to work on something pertinent to you or just bask in its glory to recharge yourself before facing the chaos. This, my friend,... (More)