How do you handle Pressure?

[GSPOAB]

My scout leader always told me When in doubt, PBP

Preparedness, breathe and prostate massage

 

[Malvo]

I just don't give a shit. Honestly, I'm not trying to be funny but work/life stuff just doesn't really weigh on me like it does some people. I really just don't care. It is what it is.

Would you consider yourself successful in work/life?
Legit curious.

 

[Seano]

Would you consider yourself successful in work/life?
Legit curious.

Moderately. I do OK.

 

[HomeRun916]

Terribly.

 

[BearGrounds]

By reminding myself that I'll be dead soon enough.

Side note - props to volcanoes. Without them life as we know it would not exist.

 

[OverCoronavirus Pressure]

Curious to see what @Overpressure has to say

Well, let's find out.
Mt St Helen's blew when I was ten, and looks to be ready to do so once more.

Pressure, we love it, right? It's the reason we breathe the air we do, the reason we have to mix gases for scuba diving, the reason our water boils when we expect it to, the reason we have things like soda and... complain about our work days.

Sometimes pressure sucks.

Like when I post.

And that's all I have to say about that.

 

[Organic Damage]

Avoiding all scenarios involving anything resembling stakes has worked pretty well so far...

 

[fortheo]

I'm a pretty diamond.

 

[OverCoronavirus Pressure]

"Pardon my French, but if you stuck a piece of coal up his ass, in two weeks, you'd have a diamond."

Let my Cameron go

 

[GSP_37]

This isn't about sports just life in general. Can't really prepare for all life has to throw at you like it's a particular event lol.

Same logic applies. You go in well prepared, and you won't choke. Gameplanning.

 

[DataBreach]

Same logic applies. You go in well prepared, and you won't choke. Gameplanning.

Lol. Gameplanning for life. The only way to game plan is to see all or most of the variables and life has too many twists and turns for a successful game plan. I believe in building yourself up so you can handle most situations but gameplanning is a bit much IMO.

 

[GSP_37]

From K-12, college, subsequent work training, required professional continuing education, you ARE gameplanning for life. You're supposed to be learning so you can handle whatever you're likely to encounter.

You know those people who always get flustered easily and freak out? Those are the ones who didn't learn what they were supposed to so don't know what to do. They probably spent too much time getting high and drunk instead of doing their homework.

Guess which type is more likely to handle pressure better. Educated or easily flustered.

 

[DataBreach]

Slightly disagree with you. Educated people are not less prone to fretting in a major way (perhaps minor). Being a vessel that holds knowledge will greatly reduce fretting. Like I said before... you can build yourself up to deal with life but it's never that simple.

 

[RetiredSlave]

I dont believe there is, therefore...

 

[DataBreach]

I dont believe there is, therefore...

Say what?

 

[RetiredSlave]

Say what?

My boss was on me today about a report thats due, I straight told her Im never in a rush and Ill maintain my zen this weekend and it will get done, not to worry. She laughed and called me a funny guy and said fine carry on. Any pressure I would feel is created inside not externally. I choose to not feel pressure about anything.

In the past I dealt with it simply using deep breathing and rationalization. Ive never been one to panic and these days I think those old techniques I used are so ingrained that any potential pressure I dont recognize as such. Among friends and associates Im well known for being the most relaxed human they know.

 

[DataBreach]

My boss was on me today about a report thats due, I straight told her Im never in a rush and Ill maintain my zen this weekend and it will get done, not to worry. She laughed and called me a funny guy and said fine carry on. Any pressure I would feel is created inside not externally. I choose to not feel pressure about anything.

In the past I dealt with it simply using deep breathing and rationalization. Ive never been one to panic and these days I think those old techniques I used are so ingrained that any potential pressure I dont recognize as such. Among friends and associates Im well known for being the most relaxed human they know.

Good stuff Zen master!

 

[ralphc1]

I just don't give a shit. Honestly, I'm not trying to be funny but work/life stuff just doesn't really weigh on me like it does some people. I really just don't care. It is what it is.

I deal with pressure maybe too coolly. Some think I'm not taking things seriously, but I just realize that one way or the other, I will be fine. I shoulder roll that shit off me.

From K-12, college, subsequent work training, required professional continuing education, you ARE gameplanning for life. You're supposed to be learning so you can handle whatever you're likely to encounter.

You know those people who always get flustered easily and freak out? Those are the ones who didn't learn what they were supposed to so don't know what to do. They probably spent too much time getting high and drunk instead of doing their homework.

Guess which type is more likely to handle pressure better. Educated or easily flustered.

These posters seem to have it figured out.

My philosophy is similar. I spend my time thinking of ways to solve a problem rather than wasting time praying, meditating, drinking, taking drugs, worrying or freaking out.

I've had managers ask how long is it going to take to repair something. I tell them it will take 3 days and $9,000 to get the parts and another day to put it together or I can spend 4 hours welding this and have it back up and running in 5 hours total. They want it welded in 2 hours. I tell them if they want it to hold it will take 4 hours. If I shortcut it and it breaks the weld then it takes an hour to take it apart again, an hour to cut and grind the weld then 4 hours to weld it correctly and another hour to assemble it.

Many managers feel that their job is to put people under pressure and try to intimidate people. The only person who can put pressure on you is you.

 

[ObsoleteSoul]

These posters seem to have it figured out.

My philosophy is similar. I spend my time thinking of ways to solve a problem rather than wasting time praying, meditating, drinking, taking drugs, worrying or freaking out.

I've had managers ask how long is it going to take to repair something. I tell them it will take 3 days and $9,000 to get the parts and another day to put it together or I can spend 4 hours welding this and have it back up and running in 5 hours total. They want it welded in 2 hours. I tell them if they want it to hold it will take 4 hours. If I shortcut it and it breaks the weld then it takes an hour to take it apart again, an hour to cut and grind the weld then 4 hours to weld it correctly and another hour to assemble it.

Many managers feel that their job is to put people under pressure and try to intimidate people. The only person who can put pressure on you is you.

Lol, I have nothing figured out. I just see death and change as something that is unavoidable. To stay the same is to become stagnant, and die. I appreciate the kind words anyway. It is a personality trait more than anything.

 

[DataBreach]

These posters seem to have it figured out.

My philosophy is similar. I spend my time thinking of ways to solve a problem rather than wasting time praying, meditating, drinking, taking drugs, worrying or freaking out.

I've had managers ask how long is it going to take to repair something. I tell them it will take 3 days and $9,000 to get the parts and another day to put it together or I can spend 4 hours welding this and have it back up and running in 5 hours total. They want it welded in 2 hours. I tell them if they want it to hold it will take 4 hours. If I shortcut it and it breaks the weld then it takes an hour to take it apart again, an hour to cut and grind the weld then 4 hours to weld it correctly and another hour to assemble it.

Many managers feel that their job is to put people under pressure and try to intimidate people. The only person who can put pressure on you is you.

Must disagree strongly. I made this thread not to focus on people who stand up to bosses or the like. Is there pressure there? Perhaps? But the type of pressure I am talking about is basically unavoidable. Let me give you a few examples.

You are thrown into prison for a crime you did not commit. 20 years later DNA testing proves you are innocent. One problem though. Prison life was hard, and you fought back when provoked and ended up killing a man in self defense. Doesn't matter because three false witnesses testify that you started it. Now you're free of the first crime but the second one keeps you incarcerated. Now that is pressure you'll have trouble willing away.

Another example. Man has created a new virus and you become infected. It hits you hard. Doc says there is a 7% chance you live one year and 3% you survive. Now you are in a position man has put you in all in the name of scientific experimentation. You're probably going to die simply because scientific man was too sloppy in their ways to value life as much as their curiosity. You did nothing wrong, man failed you but they will live and you will die. And when you die... and leave your young children and pretty wife behind not one scientist or corporation or government sector will be held accountable.

These are the pressure cooker scenarios I was talking about that creates volcanoes or diamonds. Not everyday life but incredible suffering you did nothing to bring about on your person.

The type of pressure I am talking about is pressure that cannot be willed away. Basically like emotional torture. It's either going to break you or turn you into something beautiful to behold.