Riding the Waves：乘风破浪
The maintenance of peak personal energy can be thought of in terms of physics and momentum: it is easier to keep a ball rolling than it is to stop it and start it again. However, what keeps our personal momentum up is more often a matter of motivation than physical force.A child may need to be coerced out of a warm bed early in the morning to get ready for school.
可以从物理学和动量的角度来考虑维持个人最高能量：保持球滚动要比停止球重新启动容易。但是，保持个人动能的原因通常是动机而不是身体力量。一个孩子可能需要在清晨被迫离开温暖的床上才能上学。
That same child will spring eagerly from the same cozy bed early on a holiday morning when presents and celebrations await. The kid, the bed, and the clock are, in science-speak,constants, while the intrinsic and extrinsic motivations are completely different, which affect the observable shift in energy and attitude of the little tyke.
假期的早晨，等待礼物和庆祝活动的时候，同一个孩子会从同一个舒适的床上急切地跳出来。用科学的话来说，孩子，床和时钟是常数，而内在动机和外在动机是完全不同的，这会影响小鼠的能量和态度的明显变化。
In the workplace we are constantly subjected to a similarly shifting spectrum of intrinsic and extrinsic motivations, which cannot help but impact our energy and attitude. The purpose of becoming aware of your energy and learning how to manipulate it is not to sustain a certain energy level just for the sake of sustaining it.The goal is to be strategic with this knowledge in order to react most effectively to shifting circumstances and motivations.
在工作场所，我们不断受到内在和外在动机变化的影响，这不仅会影响我们的精力和态度。意识到自己的能量并学习如何操作它的目的不是为了维持能量而维持一定的能量水平，而是要以这种知识为策略，以便对变化的环境和动机做出最有效的反应。
Thinking strategically means that energy manipulation should not be an end in itself—it has to be used thoughtfully as a means to get to a desired end. If you open the throttle of a boat tied tightly to a dock,you are generating a tremendous amount of energy, and you aren’t going anywhere. You have to untie the boat, put it in the correct gear,point the boat in the correct direction, and move with purpose.
从战略上进行思考意味着，能源操纵本身不应成为目的，而必须将其深思熟虑地用作达到理想目的的一种手段。如果您打开与码头紧密相连的船的油门，则将产生大量的能量，而且您将无所事事。您必须解开船，将其置于正确的档位，将船指向正确的方向，然后有目的地移动。
And most importantly you don’t automatically go full throttle and rocket off as fast as you can—you have to know when to accelerate, the effects of your acceleration, how long you should accelerate, what you want to do with the trip, how much fuel you have in the tank, and (perhaps as importantly) when and how to slow down.
最重要的是，您不会自动尽可能快地全开油门并迅速起飞—您必须知道什么时候加速，加速的效果，应该加速多长时间，旅途想做什么，如何做油箱中有很多燃油，以及（可能同样重要）何时，如何减速。
To stay in the water for a moment, there are some people whose energy is like a current—a steady force that can move them at a steady pace for as long as necessary. For many more of us, energy comes in waves. If you are one of the wave people, there are always going to be peaks and dips in your workplace energy and even times when your energy flattens out, like water finding its own level. Effective energy manipulation by necessity entails an awareness of your peaks and dips.
为了在水中待一会儿，有些人的能量就像一股潮流，这是一种稳定的力量，可以在必要的时候以稳定的速度移动他们。对于我们更多的人来说，能量源源不断。如果您是浪潮中的一员，那么工作场所的能源总会有高峰和低谷，甚至是扁平化的时候，就像水在寻找自己的水位一样。有效的能量操纵必不可少，需要意识到您的高峰和低谷。
Energy awareness should lead to energy manipulation, which in turn should lead to energy control. If you can’t sustain a certain energy level throughout an entire day, or even throughout a long meeting, look to create little bumps and waves of energy when you need them.When it comes to idea sharing, collaboration, or creativity (on a team or even a personal level), momentum is hugely important. You want a smooth flow of productive energy, not a lot of stops and starts.
能源意识应导致能源操纵，进而应导致能源控制。如果您在一整天甚至是长时间的会议中都无法保持一定的能量水平，请在需要时设法制造一点颠簸和波澜。当涉及到想法共享，协作或创造力时团队甚至个人水平），动力非常重要。您想要平稳的生产能量流，而不是很多停停的起点。
To underscore this point, let’s rely on one of the great minds of the 17th century, Sir Isaac Newton. Physicist, mathematician, and philosopher, Newton created three Laws of Motion, and the first—sometimes referred to as the Law of Inertia—is the one that will help us here. It states that “a body at rest will remain at rest unless an outside force acts on it, and a body in motion at a constant velocity will remain in motion in a straight line unless acted upon by an outside force.”
为了强调这一点，让我们依靠17世纪最伟大的思想家艾萨克·牛顿爵士。牛顿是物理学家，数学家和哲学家，他制定了三个运动定律，第一个定律（有时被称为惯性定律）是对我们有帮助的定律。它规定：“除非有外力作用，否则静止的物体将保持静止；除非有外力作用，以恒定速度运动的物体将保持直线运动。”
Channel a bit of Sir Isaac and be that outside force. A little pop of energy—a warm-up, a smile, a laugh—can increase the energy in others, which will affect the kinetic energy of the group, which you can then use to create momentum, a momentum you can ride, like a wave,to increase engagement, collaboration, and productivity.
引导一点艾萨克爵士，成为那个外部力量。一点点热力（热身，微笑，笑声）可以增加他人的能量，这会影响团队的动能，然后您就可以利用它来创造动力，骑乘的动力，例如一波，以提高参与度，协作和生产力。
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