I know how the pressure can build when you want something to happen. There’s always something you can be doing, either more or better. And when you add external pressure on top of what you’re creating internally, you end up with too much.
Just say no to pressure. I know sometimes life is hard, and you can feel overwhelmed by what you have to do, and what others are asking you to do.
My own personal experience has been that when there’s too much pressure, nothing works as well as it could. I know some say that a little bit of pressure is a good thing — it makes people work faster and harder. You don’t have to spend long in American corporate culture to figure out that applying pressure is a standard practice.
I don’t want to live like that. I would much rather be relaxed with a clear mind. I might be able to work fast when I have to, like when fighting against a deadline, but I don’t want to work that way. I don’t want my work to be ruled be stress and pressure.
If you’re getting pressure, maybe you should either ignore it or let it roll off into the air. Deflect it if you can’t ignore it, and work around it if you can’t deflect it.
After having worked under regular pressure, and worked how I want to (no pressure), the latter is much more satisfying and productive.
