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 practicalto-dos. Loehr and Schwartz will inspire you to increase your energy capacity in all dimensions: physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual.
PRAISE FOR THE POWER OF FULL ENGAGEMENT
Stephen R. Covey, Author, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Now, and I¹m sure for the future, anything that can lead to healthier minds and bodies of executives‹and therefore to more responsible leadership‹is almost a national imperative. To that end, this book is a real contribution.
Barry Diller, Chairman and CEO, USA Interactive
A very compelling, pragmatic, and universal model for how change occurs. The program described so clearly in The Power of Full Engagement transformed the way I and many of my executives look at our lives, not only at work but at home.
Steve Reinemund, Former Chairman and CEO, PepsiCo
Fantastic! At the heart of this book is a simple truth: the secret to lasting success‹individually and organizationally‹lies 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 energy‹physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually‹to live much more productive and fulfilling lives.
Marcus Buckingham, Co-author, First, Break All the Rules and Now, Discover Your Strengths
At last there's 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 can¹t imagine any person who won't find a mirror image in every section of this book.
Betty Edwards, Author, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
If you want to finally make positive changes that last and build a healthier, more balanced life, The Power of Full Engagement offers a step-by-step path that is unique, scientifically-based, easy to follow, and full of wisdom.
Dean Ornish, M.D., Author, Love and Survival
Most of us have experienced moments when all of our resources are working in concert when our spirits, creativity, and productivity are at their peak. Attempts to describe this feeling are usually as futile as the struggle to resurrect that perfect state of mind. The Power of Full Engagement not only explains this phenomenon, it lays out a way to marshal it each and every day of our lives. Reading this book is an exercise in hope‹a reminder of what's posible when we tap the full scope of our resources.
Susan Lyne, CEO, Gilt Groupe
The Power of Full Engagement achieves the optimal simplicity' that Einstein advocates. The approach is compelling, 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 DaVinci
For too long the art of performance has superstitiously been left to chance. Over the years, I've 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 Fisher, International Chess Master, middleweight Tai Chi Chuan Push Hands National Champion
What a great book! The message about a holistic aproach to development, leadership, and renewal is so desperately needed in this age. Loehr and Schwartz transform Einstein's energy equation into a formula for professional and personal sustainability by showing us how to convery energy into productive activity.
Richard E. Boyatzis, Professor, Department 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
his book is deceptive. You might pick it up thinking it will help you a little, but you'll 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, Linchpin
The fundamental idea that the authors richly develop here -- the need to respect our oscillatory nature -- is 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
The methods described in The Power of Full Engagement helped me to achieve my ultimate goal in sport, an Olympic gold medal. Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz have now expanded those methods to business and to life. Most people don't 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, Speed-Skating
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.
Steven 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 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 accomplishment -- how 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
The Power of Full Engagement presents a strategy and a blueprint for energetic integration of work, life, self, family, and success that is logical, methodical, holistic, and of -- greatest importance to busy executives -- accomplishable.
Erica P. Kantor, Director, Executive MBA Program, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
In The Power of Full Engagement, Tony Schwartz and Jim Loehr have provided powerful insight into the dynamics of performance and the renewal of personal energy reserves. If you are interested in being more fully engaged in your work, family, community, or faith, you will find this book to be highly accessible and extremely valuable.
Fred Harburg, Former Chief Learning Officer and President, Motorola University
As a leader, there is absolutely nothing I believe in more than actively promoting “Full Engagement” of all the people with whom I work. The subtitle of this book, “Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal” has great truth in it... Energy management is mission-critical for every organization. This book advances this notion in a practical and powerful way.
Doug Conant, CEO, Campbell Soup Company
