Lack of Sleep Is the Culprit, Say Survey Respondents

Lack of sleep raids our energy stores, robs us of peak performance and destroys work/life balance, according to almost 100,000 individuals who completed the short version of the Full Engagement Self Profile, which provides a customized view of a person’s energy management strengths and challenges. Lack of exercise and lack of time management skills also earned a spot among the top three energy bandits. The Full Engagement Profile is based on a bestselling 2003 book, The Power of Full Engagement, coauthored by our associate Dr. Jim Loehr. The book shows how to achieve optimal performance by managing energy, not time. Loehr is also author of the 2007 book, The Power of Story.

“The sleep, exercise, and time management scores in this large group are, on average, about 60% of what we consider optimal,” says Dr. Loehr. “By any measure, that is a serious deficit.”

Loehr is a performance psychologist who has worked with world class athletes and top performers from the high stress occupations of military special forces, law enforcement, medicine, and commerce for more than 30 years. The Full Engagement Profile is used with all Human Performance Institute programs.

To find out how you score, visit the free trial. The trial offers a short customized report. There is an upgrade version available at the end of the trial for $49. The upgrade provides a 16-page report with a full set of norms on 15 areas of energy management plus a variety of other measures. In addition to sleep and physical fitness, the report covers nutrition, interpersonal relationships, self-esteem, management of adversity, creativity and curiosity, focus and concentration, solution-based thinking, mental preparation, self-awareness, commitment and passion, principle-centered ethics, vision, and the ability to recover. For more information about Energy for Performance Training, contact Human Performance Institute.