Changes to the Energy Management Sections of AVI reports

The Key Affiliate team have rationalized the four values energy categories from four to three. The old scheme categorizes all values into Maintenance (energy draining), Work (energy neutral), Play (energy neutral), and FreeEssence (energy giving). The new scheme uses just the three categories of: Energy Giving, Energy Neutral, and Energy Draining. Below are the changes in the wording from the old to the new.

Introduction

• Old: Living certain values can be energising, living others can be energy draining, and living some values will do little for your energy levels. Thus, in terms of our energy levels, values fall into three categories:
• New: The way you prioritise your values significantly influences your energy levels. Certain values can  be energising,   others can be energy draining, and some values will do little for your energy levels. Thus, in terms  of our energy levels, values fall into three categories:

Energy Giving

• Old: FreeEssence Values such as Intimacy, Sharing/Listening/Trust, and Leisure/Freesence, fall into this category. They all require sufficient complexity of execution that you are unable to focus on anything else.
• New: Typically, these are the values which energise you. They put you in a “flow state”. Values, such as Intimacy, Sharing/Listening/Trust and Skilful Leisure, are in the energy giving category. 

Energy Draining

• Old: Maintenance Values such as Care/Nurture, Endurance/Patience, and Duty/Obligation can all sap our energy. They usually require you to put aside that which you would like to be doing for the benefit of someone else.
• New: Typically, these are the values which drain your energy. Values such as Care/Nurture, Endurance/Patience and Duty, when they are your main focus, are likely to drain your energy as they can keep you from paying sufficient attention to your energy giving values.

Energy Neutral

• Old: Work and Play Values such as Work/Labour, Play/Recreation, and Communication/Information. These values generally require little mental effort and your mind is free to roam where it will.
• New: Typically, these are values which have little impact on your energy levels. In most situations, living these values requires little mental attention/energy to remain focused on ‘the task in hand’. Values such as Work, Organized Play, and Communication/Information fall into this category.

Explanation of Graph

• Old: The graph below indicates the relative percentage of mental energy you have devoted to values in these categories. If the graph shows that you scored higher on maintenance values than the other categories, this could indicate a stressful lifestyle. In which case, you may want to review your lifestyle so as to spend less time engaged in activities that you find mentally and emotionally draining and more time engaged in activities that give your energy levels a boost.
• New: The graph below indicates the relative percentage of mental energy you have devoted to values in these categories. If the graph shows that you scored significantly higher on Energy Draining Values than Energy Giving Values, this could indicate a stressful lifestyle. In which case, you may want to review your lifestyle so as to spend more time engaged in activities that give your energy levels a boost.