Energy Givers vs Energy Drainers

Robin Sacks
2 min readJun 20, 2020
Photo by Henrikke Due on Unsplash

There are two types of people in the world; energy givers and energy drainers.

Be honest…the moment you read that, people came to mind, didn’t they.

It’s OK. We know who these people are in our lives. No judgement, just awareness.

When you thought of someone who is an energy giver, it most likely brought a quick smile to your face and a good feeling throughout your body. You actually relaxed for a moment just thinking about that person.

When you thought of someone who’s an energy drainer, you most likely either tensed up or felt deflated. Just the thought of that person actually created an instant exhaustive reaction from both your brain and body.

While everyone has a bad day every once in a while, energy drainers are those people who are truly exhausting to be around on a regular basis; they literally suck the energy out of your body and brain and make it difficult to recover after an interaction with them. You could have a two minute conversation with them, and continue to feel the negative effects for the next few hours.

Energy givers have a similar, but different effect. You can have a two minute conversation with them, and the (much more positive) effects can also be felt for hours

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Robin Sacks

I speak, coach, and write about confidence, self-talk, and stress management. I also live for cozy mysteries and bad (read: good) puns.