Energy Over Everything⚡Issue #7

Time is fixed, and it’s the same for everyone. But energy?

That’s your secret weapon.
You can time-block your calendar until it's a color-coded masterpiece—but if your tank’s on empty by 9:30 AM, it’s game over.

Harness and manage your energy efficiently day in and day out, and you will get superior results in whatever you are working on.

This week, we’re showing you how to protect and boost the only resource that actually drives your performance: your energy.

Let’s roll. ⚡

📌 Here's What's Up:

• ✅ Motivation: Energy is your real currency

• ✅ Get Sh*t Done: Almost everyone does this but shouldn’t

• ✅ Get Better At Work: Match tasks to your energy, not the clock

• ✅ Featured Morning Routine: Robin Sharma’s 20/20/20 Formula

• ✅ Stoic Reset: Master your internal battery

• ✅ To-Do List: Action steps to upgrade your energy this week

🔥 Motivation: Energy > Time

💡 Takeaway:
Energy fuels everything—focus, output, patience, even confidence. Guard it like it’s your wallet while you are riding the subway in Rome.

⚡ Get Sh*t Done: Why Ditching Your Morning Scroll Is An Energy Game-Changer

Let's talk about what actually happens when your alarm goes off and you immediately reach for your phone:

Your brain gets ambushed. That flood of notifications, news alerts, and social updates triggers a cortisol spike before your feet even hit the floor. Your body literally enters a low-grade stress response while you're still horizontal.

You're borrowing energy from later in the day. Each dopamine hit from a like, message or headline is essentially an advance on your brain's daily chemical budget. By 10 AM, you're operating at a deficit.

Your attention gets fragmented. Jumping between 17 different topics in 5 minutes trains your brain to expect constant novelty, making it harder to focus on single tasks later.

You surrender your agenda. Starting your day reacting to other people's priorities, emergencies, and content means you're playing defense from minute one.

The fix isn't complicated, but it is surprisingly difficult: Put a 30-minute buffer between waking up and checking your phone and don’t sleep with your phone in the same room. Ideally, don’t touch it until after (or well into) your morning routine.

Those who've made this switch report feeling more centered, less anxious, and—here's the kicker—having significantly more sustained energy throughout the day.

The hardest part? The first three days. After that, it becomes the mental equivalent of finding an extra hour in your day.

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🚀 🚀 Get Better At Work: Structure Your Day Around Energy

Stop asking, “What should I do at 9?” Start asking, “When do I feel my best?”. Although we preach using the morning as your un-fair advantage - it ultimately comes down to energy control and whether or not you can even be effective in those early hours.

🔹 Track Your Energy Peaks
Keep a quick log of your alertness, creativity, and energy throughout the day. You’ll start to see patterns.

🔹 Do Your Hardest Task at Peak Energy
Don’t waste your best brain on email. Use it for deep, focused, high-leverage work.

🔹 Batch Shallow Tasks for Dips
Save admin, emails, and Slack catch-up for your low-energy zones.

🔹 Use Your “Second Wind”
Most people get a hidden energy boost between 3–5PM. Protect that block—don’t waste it in meetings.

📌 Pro Tip:
When your schedule works with your energy instead of against it, productivity stops feeling like a grind.

🏆 Featured Morning Routine: Robin Sharma’s 20/20/20 Formula

📚 Author of The 5AM Club, Robin Sharma built a powerful 60-minute ritual to set up his day.

• 20 Min MOVE
  High-intensity movement (run, jump rope, HIIT, Peloton). Sweat = dopamine. You start with a win.

• 20 Min REFLECT
  Journaling, prayer, breathwork, or silent meditation. Mental reset + intentionality.

• 20 Min GROW
  Read something that sharpens your mind or expands your perspective.

✨ Our Take:
You don’t have to do the full hour. Even 10/10/10 builds incredible momentum. Hit 2 of 3 and you’re already ahead of 99% of people.

🧠 Stoic Reset: Stress → Strength

💭 Reflection:
What roadblock are you currently staring down that could actually be your breakthrough? That annoying client with impossible demands? The tech issue that's derailed your project? That budget cut that's cramping your plans?

The obstacles that make you want to bang your head against the wall often hide unexpected shortcuts – if you're willing to stop fighting them. Sometimes the best path isn't around the problem but straight through it.

What's your current "impossible situation" that might secretly be pointing you toward a better solution?

📋 To-Do List: Protect Your Energy This Week

• ✅ Drink 16oz of water before your first coffee tomorrow.

• ✅ Log your energy highs/lows for the next 5 workdays.

• ✅ Block your “deep work zone” and protect it.

• ✅ Try the 10/10/10 version of Robin Sharma’s 20/20/20 tomorrow.

• ✅ Share your favorite energy hack—tag @HackMorning on IG.