Real Life Scenario
You’ve been studying late at night for Business Law, and you have been eating only Ramen Noodles for a week straight. Which one battery do you need to focus on recharging first?
Physical
True or false: Going to the gym recharges your physical battery
True
What battery is dependent on your quality of sleep, exercise, and nutrition.
Physical Battery
How many batteries does the article list?
Five
Does eating a battery help recharge you? Yes or No
No
After a week of midterms in Accounting and Statistics you feel mentally and emotionally on edge. You start screaming at your friends threatening violence even though you are not angry at them. Which 2 batteries are being drained in this situation?
Mental and Emotional
Talking with a friend on the phone helps to charge your social battery
True
What battery is connected to your sense of self, purpose, and well-being.
Spiritual Battery
What are the small activities called that you need to do consistently?
Restorative habits or mini-habits or habits.
The article says that Martin does a good job of charging his mental battery by going to a rage room every Sunday night. True or False?
False
You have been going to class and the gym but you are skipping chapel, not calling your family, and avoiding social events. You feel disconnected, unmotivated, and lost about what you are doing in life. Which 3 batteries are running low here?
Social, Emotional, and Spiritual
Praying/meditating every morning only recharges your spiritual battery
False
According to the article, this battery is depleted when we do not feel safe in our current living situation.
Social Battery
What is the name of the main person referred to in the article?
Who is Martin?
What battery/batteries get recharged for her students if Professor Bernstein gives everyone a week extension for the Final Report?
All
At the end of the semester, you are sleeping poorly, you have stopped working out, you are mentally exhausted, emotionally numb, and spiritually ungrounded. You feel like you are going through the motions here at Pepperdine. Which 4 batteries need recharging through small, restorative habits?
Physical, emotional, spiritual, mental
Late at night, Nicki Minaj spends two hours ritually doing squats. After this, she eats 5 bowls of ramen noodles while journaling about her day. The only battery Nicki did not recharge was her mental battery.
False, she did recharge her mental battery, but not her social battery.
This battery is most often taken for granted in the business world.
Spiritual Battery
What is at least one way the article states neglecting your energy batteries can effect your physical body or mind?
Raise cortisol levels, reduce cognitive resources, reduce emotional rescources
Professor Bernstein is watching an educational YouTube video recommended by a friend. Every two minutes, an ad pops up, and Professor Bernstein has to finish watching the video soon. She begins to feel angry and wants to yell at her friend for recommending the video. What batteries is this depleting?
Mental, emotional, social