ENERGY

LIFELINE
BREATHE ENERGY BACK INTO YOUR LIFE

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ENERGY LIFELINE

We have found it is often the case that people aren’t aware and well-practiced at spotting their own strengths and when they are most energized and engaged with what they are
doing. To have a positive and fulfilling career, it is crucial to understand the type of activities and relationships (both at work and outside) that boost your energy so you can make
deliberate choices to do more of these activities and less energy-draining activities.

The following exercise requires you to reflect on three main areas of your life to date:

FAMILY/HOME CAREER/WORK SOCIAL

immediate and extended Your work and career Friends, hobbies,
family and home life experiences personal interests

On the next page you’ll see our famous energy lifeline tool. We’d like you to take an hour out of your day, find your inner zen and follow these simple steps.

1 Draw three lines to represent your energy levels in each of these areas for your life 4 Write or draw key events associated with these energy highs and lows on your
up to this point. You may want to use different colours for each area. lifeline, e.g. birthdays, leaving college/university, meeting partners, successes or
failures, holidays, job changes, etc.

When doing this, think about specific times when you felt most positive, fulfilled
2 and energised. Show these energy high points by drawing your lifeline above the You may also want to include dates at the bottom of the graph, from the date of
‘zero’ line on the graph. 5 your birth up to now.

Next think about times when you felt drained, bored or less energised. Show these Try to focus on how energised you felt at each point in your life as you draw the
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energy low points by drawing your lifeline below the zero line. lifeline.

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POSITIVE/ENERGIZED
ENERGY LEVELS

THEN NOW

NEGATIVE/DRAINED

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What gives you the most energy at work? Referencing your Strengthscope® report What drains your energy at work? Are there any correlations with your energy
what strengths did you get to use in drainers from your Strengthscope® profile?
those moments?

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What type of work will help boost How might you bring these insights What helps boost your What drains your energy
your energy in the future? to your line manager? energy outside work? outside work?