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Distressed or de-stressed? How to create positive energy

By Jenny Summerfield (November 2004 Issue)
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Training is one of the most physically and mentally demanding jobs. If you are a committed trainer you will give your learners 100 per cent of your concentration, and this just goes with the territory of being good at your job. Your sessions can involve intense listening and facilitation. You may need to maintain your energy for stretches of five or six hours, and for days at a time.

Let’s face it, you need all the energy that you can muster and anything that is a negative drain on that energy can become a real problem. You need to actively nurture your energy and your health – not only to do a good job as a trainer, but also as a basic human right. So, what things can be a negative drain on your energy? In my experience there are three:

  • nerves (for example, you might suffer with these if you are new to a job or running a course for the first time)
  • lack of confidence (this is a source of stress in itself when you feel that you may be in over your head), and
  • stress at work or home (this can result in lack of sleep, digestive problems and, in the longer term, lower the power of your immune system).

The remedy for all of this is how you choose to do two things:

  • manage your mindset, and
  • look after your body.

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