Executive Stamina: How to Optimize Time, Energy, and Productivity to Achieve Peak Performance -- Contents -- About the Authors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The Vanishing Vacation -- What's the Solution? -- Overview of the Book -- An Executive Stamina Role Model -- A Disclaimer -- Part I: Work/Life Alignment -- Chapter 1: What Is Most Important to You? -- The Importance of Reflection -- The Reflection Exercises -- Making Commitments -- Setting Priorities -- Long-Term Goals -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Is Your Schedule Aligned with Your Priorities? -- A Friend in Deed -- Most Common Gaps -- Coming into Alignment -- Summary -- Chapter 3: The Minimums and Shifts/Drifts Systems -- The Minimums System -- The Shifts/Drifts Tracking System -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Finding Your Career Sweet Spot -- Defining Your Career Sweet Spot -- Guidelines to Locating Your Sweet Spot Career -- Summary -- Part II: Building Your Stamina -- Chapter 5: The Impact of Stress -- Stress Fallout -- Chapter 6: Increasing Your Fitness -- Getting on the Road to Fitness -- Training Principles -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Your Lifelong Fitness Plan -- Finding Your Fitness Level -- Basic Fitness -- Advanced Fitness -- World-Class Fitness -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Nutrition -- Nutritional Overview -- Nutrient-Rich Foods -- Glycemic Index -- Nutritional Alerts -- Achieving Stamina through Smart Eating -- Summary -- Chapter 9: Stress Management: Your Individual Plan -- General Concepts and Guidelines -- Summary -- Chapter 10: Yoga at the Office -- The Importance of Balance -- Sharpening the Saw -- Workday Yoga -- Ending Your Practice -- Summary -- Part III: Optimizing Job Performance and Results -- Chapter 11: Identifying High-Payoff Activities -- What Is the Best Use of Your Time? -- Spending Time Effectively -- Summary -- Chapter 12: Taking Control of Your Calendar.

Spending Time on Low-Priority Activities -- Not Having a Plan for Your Time -- Engaging with Toxic People -- Wasting Time in Unproductive Meetings -- Failing to Overcome Procrastination -- Becoming Addicted to Technology -- Traveling Unnecessarily -- Summary -- Part IV: Career Management -- Chapter 13: Reaching Your Full Potential -- Decision-Making Factors -- Organizational Savvy -- Summary -- Chapter 14: Avoiding Career Management Mistakes -- Career-Limiting Moves -- Impact Issues -- Mistakes of Omission -- Mistakes of Commission -- Summary -- Part V: Personal Relationships -- Chapter 15: Maintaining Positive Relationships -- Vicious Cycles -- Relationship Practices -- Using Minimums, Recognizing Shifts and Drifts, and Combining Activities to Maintain Relationships -- Summary -- Conclusion -- Index.