From the course: Leveraging Your Transferable Skills to Drive Your Career

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What gives you energy?

What gives you energy?

- Have you ever been in that job where you looked at the clock and it was only 10:00 a.m. and then it was only 2:00 p.m. and then it was only 4:00 p.m., and by the time it was the end of the day, you felt like you had lived 10 days and you were totally depleted and drained? One of the things many of us don't consider when we think about our transferable skills is this. What is energy-creating for you and what is energy-depleting? And this is different than being tired at the end of a busy day. It's when you're depleted, you feel like you have nothing left to give. Nothing to give to family, to friends, to yourself. You're just really drained and kind of inward or frustrated versus energy-creating means you can be at the end of a busy day and feel great about what you accomplished, feel great about the impact you had, feel great about the meaning of your work. It's not that you're not tired, it's just that you're…

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