Jim Loehr - The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal

Praise for The Power of Full Engagement

Tremendous! The Power of Full Engagement is a remarkable application of the athletic metaphor to high-performing people and organizations. This reader-friendly book is filled with compelling insight, real-life illustrations, and practical to-dos. Loehr and Schwartz will inspire you to increase your energy capacity in all dimensions: physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual.

Stephen R. Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Now, and Im sure for the future, anything that can lead to healthier minds and bodies of executivesand therefore to more responsible leadershipis almost a national imperative. To that end, this book is a real contribution.

Barry Diller, chairman and CEO, USA Interactive

A true wake-up call. At a time when the media is filled with stories of executives with warped values, this book will give you the confidence and a clear road map to tackle your problems with positive energy and moral strength.

Dan Brestle, president, Este Lauder Companies

The principles articulated in The Power of Full Engagement have been important to me personally and as the leader of a large company. We really do have to train in business in the same way that great athletes do, learning how to peak at critical moments, but also to rest and regroup in order to build back capacity.

Scott Miller, president and CEO, Hyatt Corporation

Fantastic! At the heart of this book is a simple truth: the secret to lasting successindividually and organizationallylies in how we manage our energy. This is a phenomenal insight that most of us ignore. Tony Schwartz and Jim Loehr provide a very practical map for marshaling our energyphysically, emotionally, mentally, and spirituallyto live much more productive and fulfilling lives.

Marcus Buckingham, coauthor of First, Break All The Rules and Now, Discover Your Strengths

At last heres a book that takes on an endemic problem in American life: why do we never have enough time and energy for the things that matter most? In lucid, transparent, and elegant prose, the authors lay out a coherent solution with unassailable logic. I cant imagine any person who wont find a mirror image in every section of this book.

Betty Edwards, author of Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain

In a fiercely competitive world, we are all looking for every possible advantage. The Power of Full Engagement lays out a program for establishing highly specific routines that produce measurable results. My team is very tough-minded and skeptical, and this program had a profound effect on how effectively we work together and on shaping our priorities on and off the job.

Peter Scaturro, CEO, The Citigroup Private Bank

The Power of Full Engagement achieves the optimal simplicity that Einstein advocates. The approach is compellingly practical, immediately applicable, impeccably rational and scientifically sound. It also brims with heart and soul. This book will change the way you do your work and live your life.

Michael Gelb, author, How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci

I manage a thousand financial advisers and I have been bringing them to the Full Engagement program for seven years. It changes how they think, the way they live their lives, and their level of commitment to their work. The Power of Full Engagement makes the program accessible to anyone interested in a richer, more productive life.

Rob Knapp, first vice-president, managing director, Merrill Lynch

For too long the art of performance has superstitiously been left to chance. Over the years, Ive seen countless highly skilled chess players and martial artists simply dissolve under pressure. After reading The Power of Full Engagement, you will understand why great champions seem to smile serenely beneath their intense focus, and what is more, you may feel those first warm tingles of ecstatic presence filtering into your own pursuits.

Josh Waitzkin, subject of the film Searching for Bobby Fischer, International Chess Master, current middleweight Tai Chi Chuan Push Hands National Champion

What a great book! The message about a holistic approach to development, leadership, and renewal is so desperately needed in this age. Loehr and Schwartz transform Einsteins classic E = MC2 into a formula for professional and personal sustainability by showing us how to convert energy into productive activity.

Richard E. Boyatzis, professor and chair of Organizational Behavior, Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University; co-author, Primal Leadership: Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence

In The Power of Full Engagement, Schwartz and Loehr have isolated the core components of performance in any area of life. Focusing on the management of energy and the oscillation between engagement and renewal, they have provided a road map not just to success in corporate life, but also to happiness in personal life.

Harville Hendrix, Ph.D., author, Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples

This book is deceptive. You might pick it up thinking it will help you a little, but youll discover that it can transform your entire life! If conditioning helps Tiger Woods and Larry Bird play a simple game with a ball, imagine how it can radically turbocharge the very complex skills you need to succeed at work every day.

Seth Godin, author, Survival Is Not Enough

The fundamental idea that the authors richly develop herethe need to respect our oscillatory natureis like a pebble. Drop it into the middle of your life, and watch the ripples keep spreading. I did, and I have.

Robert Kegan, professor of Adult Learning and Professional Development, Harvard University Graduate School of Education; author, How the Way We Talk Can Change the Way We Work

Reading The Power of Full Engagement is a gift to yourself, to your organization and to those you care about. In very direct, clear and practical ways Loehr and Schwartz give readers rituals to change their lives: physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. In real ways, I learned that while I cant create additional time nor have less stress, I can generate something of greater value: more energy!

Pat Crull, vice-president of Learning and Development, McDonalds Corporation

The methods described in The Power of Full Engagement helped me to achieve my ultimate goal in sports, an Olympic gold medal. Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz have now expanded those methods to business and to life. Most people dont understand what it means to be fully engaged. This book explains it perfectly, and better yet, shows you how to get there!

Dan Jansen, 1994 Olympic gold medalist

As an executive with a very full business life, a wife, five kids, and a commitment to run thirty-five miles a week, I have found that life is all about balance, energy and attitude. The Power of Full Engagement makes a compelling case for how to simply and dramatically improve all three.

Steve Burke, president, Comcast Cable Communications

A practical book that tells it straight and captures the essence of what life balance should look like. The Power of Full Engagement inspired me to stop talking and to establish rituals that will change my life.

Rita Bailey, former director, University for People, Southwest Airlines

Reading The Power of Full Engagement was a revelation. It fills in the missing element in mastery and accomplishmenthow to build, sustain and renew the energy necessary to consistently perform at the highest level. With the digital world placing new demands on our time and attention, this book teaches us how we can keep our spirits, bodies, and attitudes in balance.

George F. Colony, CEO, Forrester Research

A wonderful high-impact book. Loehr and Schwartz have outlined a powerful model for personal, professional and organizational performance enhancement. The ideas in this book not only had great meaning for me personally but should resonate deeply with executives and leaders.