The Exhaustion Cure: Up Your Energy from Low to Go in 21 Days (Paperback)

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Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

With brisk efficiency, Stack (Leave the Office Earlier) breezes through 21 factors affecting the energy or capacity to perform the myriad duties, obligations, responsibilities and activities of daily schedules. In an appealingly simple format, Stack breaks these factors into three categories: physiological (including diet, nutrition, sleep, exercise and metabolism), practices (attitude, relaxation, time management, etc.) and periphery (environment, relationships and stress level), and guides readers through three weeks of replacing energy bandits with corresponding energy boosters. Her health advice focuses on maximum results in little time; her cures for major energy drains (cigarettes, caffeine, electronic devices, workaholism, perfectionism and procrastination, for example) are practical, and her perspectives on stressful home and workplace relationships are refreshing. She helps readers distinguish between status quo tasks and more fulfilling ones that move them forward, and makes a strong case for focusing rather than multitasking. While her just do it approach may not work for everyone, it just might help many clear a path to realizing their dreams. (May)
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Laura Stack provides a ton of practical techniques for keeping energy up in our time-starved era. I love this book because it is easy to reference and fun to read! --Vince Poscente, New York Times bestselling author of The Age of Speed

If you're feeling tired, overwhelmed and ready for change, The Exhaustion Cure is packed with realistic strategies for taking better care of your most important asset: you. You will refer to it again and again in your journey to a more energetic life." --Valorie Burton, author of How Did I Get So Busy?

--This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Broadway (May 13, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0767927516
• ISBN-13: 978-0767927512
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #178,871 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Exhaustion Cure is exactly what I was looking for!, May 20, 2008

By	Katie "Katie" (Denver, CO) - See all my reviews

The Exhaustion Cure is just the guidance I was looking for. Laura Stack makes it very easy to define what exactly is bringing down your energy level by the helpful introductory "energy drain and boosters" brainstorming list. This list allowed me to take the time to identify EXACTLY what the causes of my lack of energy are and how to renew that energy by using my "energy boosters"! Laura also provides a quiz at the beginning of the book to help identify your "total energy quotient", which I can personally say was no where near what I had expected! This quiz opened my eyes to the sort of denial I had been in with how much energy I was truly lacking.

Each chapter is clearly defined and easy to follow. Laura makes this book easy to pick up time and time again, almost as a workbook, to guide you through the processes of gaining more energy and a better quality of life.

I have been through my share of "self-help", "fitness" and "wellness" books and Laura Stack combines the characteristics of all three into one successful book that I will be using for many years to come.

I have become a fan of Stack's and recommend (in addition to The Exhaustion Cure) her book, "Find More Time", to anyone who seeks to become more productive in their personal lives and to enjoy the things in life that truly matter.

Find More Time: How to Get Things Done at Home, Organize Your Life, and Feel Great About It

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Solid Research and Personal Experience—I'm Convinced!, May 27, 2008

By	Dianna Booher "Dianna Booher, http://www.booh... (Dallas, TX) - See all my reviews

Stack divides her advice into 21 key areas and discusses practices or attitudes that either suck the energy out of you (her "energy bandits") or prime the pump and get you going at peak performance (her "energy boosters"). Topics covered: Sleep habits, diet, nutrition, exercise, pacing (as in "hectic work pace"), health, relaxation, resolution and state of mind, responsibilities (as in "saying no"), time management, learning/creativity, your environment (i.e., lighting and stale air), relationships, stress--from spouse or traffic or the kids, technology, purpose, workplace.

In short, Stack's philosophy seems to be if you're exhausted all the time, anything and everything--including what's between your ears--could be the culprit.

After reading her book, I'm convinced. Solid research studies back up her claims, and personal examples from her family life make her advice practical. When you buy this book, expect to change more than a few bad habits. Highly recommended.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Timely Book-as-Plan to Survive Bad Economic Time of 2009, January 4, 2009

By	Kare Anderson "Kare Anderson" (Sausalito, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

For time-starved readers (including those who do not read many books) the news-you-can-use format of this book means you have the opportunity to immediately customize a personal plan to savor more moments in your day-to-day life by being more productive and doing "first things first" - recognizing the pitfalls that have prevented you from doing so in the past.

This skill is helpful anytime but especially valuable in a year that may be precarious for many of us.

Laura's upbeat, can-do and realistic approach reminds me of a friends who cares enough to help me be my better self