低能量环境 - 高能量环境

LEE-HEE

Low Energy Environment – High Energy Environment

Most of us experience different types of energy environments during our daily undertakings (at work,

school, gym, etc.) and throughout our life. Some environments bring our energy levels up, some down.

We have all been in both situations. For example, consider exercise classes. You can have an instructor

who encourages you and makes you work harder than you ever have before, and you feel a sense of

disappointment when the class winds down even though for about 40 minutes you felt as if you were on

the verge of a heart attack. On the flip side, you may have experienced an exercise class where you

keep checking the clock, not because you are about to pass out, but because it is boring. The instructor

is monotone, exercises may be technically efficient, but are dreary and lack creativity, and/or he or she

keeps scrolling through his/her smartphone.

Different types of energy environments are everywhere and are in every part of life. From work, to

home, to social, in sports and as mentioned above with exercise classes. We all experience them, but we

all want to be part of High Energy Environments (the HEE’s). They keep us motivated, we accomplish

more, we learn, and we want to come back for more or stay longer. We naturally crave these

environments, but sometimes they can be hard to find and hard to develop. So, what I am going to do is

try to show you how to find HEE’s, create them or turn LEE’s (Low Energy Environments) into HEE’s. But

not without briefly discussing what a LEE looks and feels like. Just in case you are so numb and

comfortable to the LEE that you are unable to recognize it because they are everywhere.

You can use the check list below to discover if you are in a LEE. Very often one of the situations below

will jump out at you as identical to a situation you are currently in. Also, you might see small parts of

different situations that combine to make up your situation. (a synergy of small LEE’s making up a

unique LEE). Take a look at the list below to see if you might be in a trance and unable to recognize if

you are in a LEE.

You attend or are a member because you have always been or have done it for a while

The situation does not facilitate any change

There are toxic people who control the situation and/or make up the majority of the members

The leaders of the organization are more focused on socializing than leading or teaching

There is no formalized written plan to improve or the organization lacks goals

The team/group lacks commitment

There are leaders who are in it seemingly only for self-gain and not improvement of the team

The leaders are happy with the status quo

The organization is closed and does not try to bring in new people who have new ideas

Finally, (this LEE is very hard to recognize) a high energy leader who promotes energy through

intimidation, shame, and has favorites who excel in your environment. (Secretly you desire to be

one of them). This will appear to be a HEE, but soon after leaving you will discover it was

actually a camouflaged LEE

After looking at the list above, write down all the LEE’s you are involved in. In my next paper, I’ll be explaining ways to leave your LEE or better yet turn them around. Your LEE-HEE Journey begins today!

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