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Energy: the multi-dimensional system of physiological and

Energy: the multi-dimensional system of physiological and psychological resources that must be systematically monitored, renewed, and strategically deployed to execute high-performance work, with distinct dimensions including physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual that each require different management practices and depletion/recovery patterns

Why This Is a Definition

This definition establishes energy as a precise, multi-dimensional concept that goes beyond simple biological fuel. It specifies the four distinct dimensions (physical, emotional, mental, spiritual) that require different management approaches, and defines energy as something that must be 'systematically monitored, renewed, and strategically deployed' rather than just managed as a single resource. The definition distinguishes energy from time as the fundamental resource and clearly delineates what energy means in this curriculum context.

Source Lessons

L-0701

Energy is a more fundamental resource than time

You can have time available but no energy to use it — energy management comes first.

L-0719

Energy management is self-respect

Treating your energy as precious reflects genuine respect for yourself and your work.

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Defines (29)

AxiomWorking Memory Capacity Limit AxiomExponential Information Decay AxiomOpen-Loop Cognitive Cost (Zeigarnik)AxiomExtended Cognition Thesis AxiomDirected Attention as Depletable Resource AxiomHindsight Bias and Calibration Necessity AxiomIllusion of Explanatory Depth AxiomLinguistic Structuring of Thought AxiomDual Coding Theory: Verbal and Visual Channels AxiomConversational Memory Asymmetry From Production Planning AxiomUltradian and Circadian Cognitive Rhythms AxiomAttention as Gate to Conscious Perception AxiomPatterns Exist in Hierarchical Logical Levels AxiomSystematic Overconfidence Taxonomy AxiomEmotion as Systematic Cognitive Modulator AxiomGlucose-Cognition Dependency Threshold AxiomBias Blind Spot Asymmetry AxiomCognition Operates Through Dual Processing Systems AxiomMental States Are Cognitively Imputable AxiomCognitive and Affective Empathy Are Distinct AxiomHierarchical Chunking Expands Capacity AxiomBasic-Level Category Privilege AxiomFlexible Context-Dependent Categorization AxiomPeople interpret failure as either evidence about their AxiomHuman cognitive capacity varies predictably across the day AxiomHuman beings make decisions under conditions of incomplete AxiomWriting about emotional experiences for 15-20 minutes AxiomEmotions prepare the body for specific physical actions AxiomRegulatory flexibility—the ability to shift between

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