An article written by Potharaju Ravindra , the author of  "give me back my guitar " , published by Macmillan India .

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Let us give Personal Energy Managment it's due and accord top priority in our lives .

Globally ,Organizations as well as individuals spend over 50 Billion US Dollars every year  in books , training programs , software , and other tools related to TIME MANAGEMENT  .

 The single objective , I believe is to improve their productivity . In other words , convert their Time effectively into various forms of  accomplishment  

 It is difficult to comprehend why  a similar stress is not being given to Personal energy management ,  considering the fact that it is  Energy which is the basic currency for accomplishment and not Time .

 In the absence of  energy we will not achieve anything irrespective of the time deployed . We all know it but we take energy for granted and continue running after time .

Effective management of our ENERGY and not TIME is what will lead us to a prosperous , smooth and abundant life . On the other hand if we are struggling then we need to check out our ENERGY FLOW  rather than time .Our Accomplishments primarily depend on our Energy Efficiency rather than Time Efficiency .  

 You cannot convert time into energy . For the simple reason that accomplishment happens only when one form of energy gets converted to another form .

 It is this  ignorance of energy and the blind following of Time that leads to frustration. One is not able to understand as to why their results do not commensurate to the best time mgmt techniques being applied . They keep chasing time like a cat trying to catch its tail . 

It  is not my intention  to hit out at the TIME INDSUTRY . But I do have very strong convictions on the roles  of Energy and Time in our lives . I urge the readers to mull over this  .

To me , Energy is the most undervalued resource in our lives and it is high time we accord Energy its rightful place .

Having said this , I do not want the reader to think that I do not value time . It would be foolishness on my part to do so .

 Both energy and time   have their own roles to play in our lives  . My issue is with the unfair treatment we all give to our personal Energy as  compared to time . We take it for granted even though it is the basic currency for all accomplishment

 To Put ,  ENERGY AND TIME in perspective , Let us look at the following .

 If  we want to differentiate two individuals based on their achievements on the data below .

 Person                                     Accomplishment

 A                                             100 Units

 B                                              100 Units 

 There is nothing choose  since their  accomplishment is the same .

 However if  we bring in the dimension of  Time then the whole thing would be viewed in totally different manner .  …

 Person                                     Accomplishment                                 Time Taken

A                                             100 Units                                             100 Units

B                                              100 Units                                             10 Units

 In this case Person B is able to accomplish 10 times faster than Person A .

 We can also say that Person B is 10 times more powerful than Person A  because rate at which he accomplishes is 10 times more than Person A .

 And this is where the TIME FACTOR comes .

 It measures  your  personal power .

 Like an athlete , Finally the time he takes to reach the finishing line is what will determine his power . But time is not what makes him accomplish . It is just a measure .

 So , while

 Energy is the basic currency for accomplishment .

 It is

 Time allows us to measure our  Personal Power .