At Your Best: How to Get Time, Energy, and Priorities Working in Your Favor

by Carey Nieuwhof

CHAPTER 5 IN A SNAP While you have twenty-four equal hours in a day, not all hours feel equal or produce equally. Leveraging your energy is where the exponential returns begin. A narrow gifting can be a superpower. Gifting + Passion + Impact = Optimal Green Zone Focus. Your gifting is what you’re naturally good at. Your passion is what you love to do—what gives you energy. In the same way that not all hours are created equal, not all tasks are created equal. Impact refers to those things that, when done, make the biggest difference, sometimes in the moment but often in the long term. The more naturally gifted you are at something, the easier it is to spend less time on it, not more. You cheat your gift when you use it but never take the time to develop it. Use your most productive hours to develop your gift, not just use it. Your Green Zone, when leveraged, will become the most treasured hours of your day, whether you’re at work or at home.