The Energy Game: A Science-backed System to Recharge Without Pressing Pause on Life

'An actionable, evidence-based guide to moving from burnt out to fired up.'
ADAM GRANT, New York Times bestselling author of Hidden Potential

'This book show us how to live and perform with greater vitality.'
BEN CROWE, bestselling author of Where the Light Gets In

Have you ever fantasised about getting sick? Not seriously, but enough to justify a week in bed with no responsibilities?

You're not alone. And you're not broken. You're depleted.

In 2024, organisational psychologist and bestselling author Dr Amantha Imber hit rock bottom. Despite two decades of consulting to clients like Google, Apple and Disney on productivity and wellbeing, no colour-coded calendar system or morning routine could fix what was wrong. She was completely and utterly burnt out. Sound familiar?

Drawing on cutting-edge science and more than 50 research-backed challenges, The Energy Game gives you a system for rebuilding your vitality without a wellness retreat or life overhaul.

Discover your Energy Type, then choose your challenges-
- BOOST- Fast power-ups for when you're running low but still need to show up
- REST- Real recovery that rebuilds you while you're still living your life
- PROTECT- Smarter boundaries so you stop haemorrhaging energy before it's gone

Grounded in science, most challenges take just minutes. The energy you're after is closer than you think.

Dr Amantha Imber is an organisational psychologist and founder of behaviour change consultancy Inventium. She hosts the top ranking podcast How I Work, which has had over 5 million downloads.

Amantha is also the co-creator of the Australian Financial Review’s Most Innovative Companies list and the AFR BOSS Best Places to Work list. Amantha has helped companies such as Google, Apple, Disney, LEGO, Atlassian, Commonwealth Bank and many others reinvent the way they approach their work.

In 2019, Amantha was named as one of the Australian Financial Review’s 100 Women of Influence. In 2021, she won the Thinkers50 Innovation Award (described by the Financial Times as the ‘Oscars for Management Thinking’), which recognises the thinker who has contributed the most to the understanding of innovation globally over the last two years. Amantha was the first Australian to win this award.

Amantha’s thoughts have appeared in Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Entrepreneur and Fast Company and she is the author of three international bestselling books: Time Wise, The Innovation