if you are under stress, you have more work to do than your brain can oversee. If I am really good, I deal with stress like this: - stop doing what you are cu

if you are under stress, you have more work to do than your brain can oversee. If I am really good, I deal with stress like this: - stop doing what you are currently doing - analyze the situation - make a list of what you have to do in no special order (this includes also private activity like dates in the evening, pick up kids from the kindergarten, buy food etc. Private life often sets me under more pressure than work). - define priorities - think about what you can delegate and delegate it - think about what you can cancel and cancel it early (dates, movies) - start work - if more disaster happens, iterate this list again Works like a charm. For me the pressure relaxes most of the time already when I have my list done. I think the real trick is that writing the workplan gives you back control about what you do.