PRESSURE- MORE ON STEP 7

STRESS VS PRESSURE

My formula for handling pressure situations is simple: I consider pressure to be an ally and stress to be the enemy. It is a philosophy I follow in both my personal life as well as my business life. Yes, pressure is always there in some form. It's in all of our lives, whether in the work place or your personal lives. It's a part of our contemporary life, the product of our fast paced jingle-jangle culture. To deny it is simply kidding ourselves.
BUT WE CANNOT ALLOW IT TO CONTROL OUR PERFORMANCE IN A NEGATIVE WAY.

Just like a positive attitude, you have a choice every day in how you deal with pressure. You can either see it as something stimulating and exciting- something you can use as your ally- or you can worry about it and have it negatively effect your performance.
It's up to you.

Pressure itself is not the enemy- Stress is the enemy.

Stress appears when you are not prepared, not focused on your job. It shows up when your cutting corners and looking for shortcuts.
Stress lessens your confidence. When stress becomes a factor you make bad decisions. You don't perform well. You feel anxious. When stress comes into play you choke.

BELIEVE IN YOUR DISCIPLINE- The more stressful the situation the more you must rely on the essential building blocks in our steps to success.

DON'T CONFUSE YESTERDAY'S PRESSURE OR TOMORROW'S PRESSURE WITH TODAY'S PRESSURE. - Live for the moment you are facing. Take care of today and tomorrow becomes easier to deal with. Don't waste precious energy worrying about what you have to do tomorrow.

SPEND MORE TIME DOING LESS COMPLAINING

STAY POSITIVE UNDER PRESSURE

Being in Operations most of my adult life learning to deal with pressure has been my number 1 so I will circle back on this one later......next step 8.....