Posts Tagged ‘pressure’

How to Make Decisions Under Pressure

Thanks to the nature of life and society, we're often forced to make our most important decisions under pressure. Whether that pressure is caused by a lack of time, emotional duress, or something else entirely, it's hardly the best state in which to make reliable decisions. Without a way to switch into an objective mindset — or at least a process to deal with decisions objectively — you could wind… Continue reading

January 5 2009 | By Joel | Tagged: decision-making, life management, pressure, research | 7 comments»

10 simple ways to save yourself from messing up your life

Stop taking so much notice of how you feel. How you feel is how you feel. It’ll pass soon. What you’re thinking is what you’re thinking. It’ll go too. Tell yourself that whatever you feel, you feel; whatever you think, you think. Since you can’t stop yourself thinking, or prevent emotions from arising in your mind, it makes no sense to be proud or ashamed of either. You didn’t

May 21 2007 | By Adrian | Tagged: career, feeling, life, personal, pressure, prioritizing, stress | 235 comments»

Snap Back to Reality

We are constantly moving forward - onward to new horizons. It seems to be the way humans are wired. Always looking towards the future.

Often we spend so much time staring at what's coming next, that we miss what's happening right in front of our face. Sometimes it takes a big or tragic event to bring us back. Other times it's the pressure we feel at a given moment. Whatever… Continue reading

October 13 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: mind, pressure | 14 comments»