What is Energy Leadership™?

Energy Leadership™ refers to a unique process of leading energy so it works for you rather than against you. By applying the principles of Energy Leadership, you can increase your ability to shift your own energy and the energy of those around you. When you do that, you will help inspire and motivate yourself and others, feel a greater sense of purpose and accomplish more with less effort and stress. 

Anabolic and Catabolic Energy

For all practical purposes, there are two kinds of energy: anabolic and catabolic. Anabolic describes energy that is positive, constructive, healing and growth-oriented. Catabolic describes energy that is draining, destructive, and potentially very toxic to you, your organization and those around you. Anabolic energy helps you lead yourself and others forward to achieve productive, beneficial results.

These destructive and constructive forces are found in every human cell, organ and body system. But they are also present in every thought, belief, value, emotion, action and experience you are having and have ever had.

You draw on all of these elements and experiences—physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual—to create your level of consciousness from which you choose how you show up in any given moment. 

You Create Your World

Your chosen mindset shapes and limits your experience of life. In every moment, you create your own personal version of reality by deciding what you will perceive and how you will respond—based on what you think, believe, feel and value. However unconscious the process may feel at times, you are always choosing what you experience and how you wish to participate in that experience. 

It’s Your Choice

Studies prove that higher levels of consciousness are associated with higher levels of success in life—including success in finances, relationships, personal development, achievement and more. The most successful leaders in life are those with high levels of anabolic energy. Those who lead using catabolic energy are, figuratively and literally, a dying breed.

You can choose to raise your level of Energy Leadership through self-awareness and an understanding of how to apply the various energy levels to any purpose you choose. You get to decide. Your level of energy or consciousness creates your world in each moment. By altering your perceptions of yourself, your experiences and those around you, you can create the more fulfilling and rewarding life you dream of. 

Leadership Defined

Our world tends to define leaders, and therefore leadership, in the context of formal roles within corporations, small businesses, non-profit organizations, and political and community concerns. True leaders, however, are not confined to office walls—or to specific offices within those walls. They are found in families, groups, and all levels and roles in organizations of all types and sizes. 

Everyone Is a Leader, Either by Choice or Default

Great leaders are not only able to motivate, inspire and bring out greatness in others, but also in themselves. This is why Energy Leadership is so important, not only to every business entity, but also to each of us as leaders in, and of, our lives. The question isn't whether or not you are a leader, the question is, how well do you lead?

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