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21 Jun 2024

Thriving with High-pressure Work

 

Question:

What practices help you work more effectively in high-pressure environments?

  • Striving for “very good” instead of “perfect”
  • Cutting down your total amount of work
  • Asking others for help
  • Sorting your to-do list with the most important items first
  • Making subtasks for each major project milestone

Question
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What everyday methods will increase your resilience to stress?

  • Making time for your personal well-being

  • Being flexible in your routines

  • Looking for meaning in your work


Question

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How can workplace pressure negatively impact you?

  • It can cause physical complaints

  • It can worsen your work-life balance

  • It can increase depression and irritability

Question
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What techniques can make you perform better under pressure by helping you develop mental distance?

  • Analyze your thoughts objectively

  • Separate your fears from the actual stakes of failure

  • Name your emotions and ask yourself why you feel that way


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What actions help you work better in high-pressure situations?

  • Avoiding multitasking

  • Reducing extraneous demands on your time

  • Accepting that “perfect” may not be as important as “done”

  • Delegating work to others

  • Breaking projects into more manageable tasks


Question

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What are some of the negative impacts of workplace pressure?

  • Increased physical ailments

  • Worsened mental and emotional states

  • Increased work-life imbalance


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What techniques promote a healthy mental distance to help you perform well in high-pressure situations?

  • Identifying how you are feeling

  • Listing things that won’t change regardless of the outcome

  • Separating yourself from your thoughts


Question

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How can you improve your resilience to work pressure and stress?

  • Work on your personal well-being

  • Be mentally flexible

  • Find satisfaction and meaning in your work