A human being is the kind of machine that wears out from lack of use. We learn in high school physics that kinetic energy is associated with motion. The same is true of human energy: it comes into existence through use. You can’t hoard it.

All of us possess enormous stores of potential energy, more than we could ever hope to you, if we could tap as little as an added 10% of this vast resource, our lives would be significantly altered. Here is how to get started:

۞ Get & stay in shape

Physical fitness contributes enormously to energy in every aspect of our lives. Often the best remedy for weariness is 30 minutes of aerobic exercise.

۞ Utilize anger

Every one experiences anger. But we suppress the emotion so effectively that we forfeit the vigor that goes with it. There are times when it’s appropriate to get mad and let the world know it. But there is also the possibility of taking the fervid energy of indignation, even of rage, and putting to work for positive purposes. When you feel you anger rising, choose to go and work furiously on favorite project.

۞ Accentuate the positive

Numerous studies suggest that people with a positive outlook on life suffer far less sickness than do those who see the world in negative terms. They also have more energy. Even serious blows in life can give you extra energy by knocking you off dead center, shaking you out of your lethargy but not if you deny the blows are real. Acknowledging the negative does not mean sniveling; it means facing the truth and then moving on.

۞ Tell the truth

There is nothing more energizing to a corporation than for people to start telling one another the truth. Truth telling works best when it involves revealing your own feeling, not when used to insult others and get your own way. It has a lot going for it, risk, challenge, excitement and most important, the release of all that energy.

۞ Set priorities

In making any choice, you face a monstrous fact: to move in one direction, you must forgo all others. To choose one goal is to for sake a very large number of other possible goals. Mental and spiritual lassitude is often cured by the clear intention to act. You can’t do everything, but you can do one thing, and then another and another. It’s better to make a wrong choice than none of all, being by listing your priorities for the day, for the week, for the month. Divide them into A, B and C categories. At the least, accomplish the A items.

۞ Keep on moving

Don’t go off half-cocked. Take time for wise planning. But don’t take forever. Whatever you can do or think you can begin it. Always keep in mind that you can’t hoard energy; you can’t build it up by not using it. Adequate rest is pat of any action plan, but unaccompanied only depress you.