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Level 5 • Cheat Code #21
How to Protect Your Energy Like It's Equity
If people want access to you, they should have to earn the privilege.
THE PROBLEM
You're powerful -- and exhausted.
Everyone wants "just a minute," "a quick brain pick," "your insight," "your help," "your eyes on this," "your magic on that." And somehow... they keep getting it.
Meanwhile, your calendar looks like a cry for help and your goals look like they've entered the Witness Protection Program.
THE CHEAT CODE
Treat your energy like ownership.
- Every "yes" is an investment.
- Every "no" is a boundary.
- Every "maybe" is a debt someone will absolutely try to collect.
Your job isn't to be available. It's to be expensive.
⚡ WHAT TO DO RIGHT NOW
Use the box below to do the Energy Audit Lite -- fast, merciless, honest:
- Cut one commitment that returns nothing.
- Delay one meeting that doesn't require your actual brain right now.
- Delegate one task that's beneath your altitude.
TRAP
TRAP
TRAP
THE TRAP
- Thinking busyness is a flex. It's not. It's evidence of poor boundaries and messy prioritization.
YOUR SHADOW WORK
Write your reflections in the box below.
- Where am I leaking energy to keep the peace?
- Who drains me because I refuse to disappoint them?
- What would my calendar look like if I only did high-value work?
THE STRATEGIC TRUTH
Protecting your energy isn't soft.
It's operational discipline.
Leaders who can't manage their bandwidth make sloppy decisions, lose strategic altitude, and spend their days solving problems they never should've touched.
When your attention gets scattered, your power dilutes.
When your energy gets hijacked, your trajectory stalls.
This isn't self-care.
It's career protection.
Write your script
Treat your energy like ownership.
Every "yes" is an investment.
Every "no" is a boundary.
Every "maybe" is a debt someone will absolutely try to collect.
Your job isn't to be available -- it's to be expensive.
EXAMPLE:
"I'm at capacity right now, but let's revisit when I can give this real attention."
CHEAT CODE COMPLETE
You've got the intel.
Now go make your move.
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