Put a plug in your energy drains. You are all given so much energy each day - physical, emotional and spiritual. You can replenish the supply from within with positive, enthusiastic thinking, but your world is filled with people and things who take from you more than they give back.

Start with your home. Get rid of anything that causes clutter. Clothes you haven't worn for over a year; ornaments hiding in the back of closets; junk that accumulates in drawers. Be brutal! All this stuff blocks your energies, so take control again.

At work do the same. Clear your desk and your files of anything that is eighteen months old or more. Archive it all and keep your immediate environment filled only with current, important things.

Don't forget your computer. All computers get filled with junk. It is time to spring-clean your hard drive.

People can be your biggest drain. Some folks just suck out your energy without even knowing they do so. There are many strategies to deal with them, but the most powerful is simply to say, "No!"

I know that Chris takes this policy very much to heart. He is an ex-IBM Director, who still adheres to a clear desk policy every night. 

So he is walking the walk and talking the talk. Thanks Chris.