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Anyone have tips on self imposing pressure? I perform extraordinary under pressure. Literally, I become unstoppable. However, I have a bad habit of rationalizin

by czbond 7y ago

Anyone have tips on self imposing pressure? I perform extraordinary under pressure. Literally, I become unstoppable. However, I have a bad habit of rationalizing (almost in a Nietzsche way) that the pressure is artificial if self induced, and it won't work. I can't pscyhe myself out.

saagarjha 7y ago
Get someone else to apply it?
mighty_bander 7y ago
It helps to have a job you hate. Then, assuming you're doing something that might eventually allow you to quit your job, allow yourself to dwell on how bad it is at work whenever you're about to give up.
tenebrisalietum 7y ago
Realize that your time is limited on this planet and you don't know exactly when you'll die.
- carapace 7y ago
  > "Because we don't know when we will die, we get to think of life as an inexhaustible well. Yet everything happens a certain number of times, and a very small number, really. How many more times will you remember a certain afternoon of your childhood, some afternoon that's so deeply a part of your being that you can't even conceive of your life without it? Perhaps four or five time more. Perhaps not even that. How many times will you watch the full moon rise? Perhaps twenty. And yet it all seems limitless." Graven on stone of the resting place of Brandon Lee.
mfrye0 7y ago
It depends on your situation. Part of mine is that I've had 3 bosses straight up steal money from me over the years. So the fear/pain of getting screwed by another boss is greater than the pain of starting a company. Apart from that, I don't know about you, but I came to the realization of how short life is awhile back. You have 70 or so years to do your thing, then that's it. You're dead. For me at least, the pain of dying and not having done anything with my life, is more than the short-term pain of working on your dream. So I don't know man. I'd say it's more what do you want out of life vs self imposing pressure.
- davidjnelson 7y ago
  Well stated. Being aware of death is transformative.
- sizzle 7y ago
  This is a profound and compelling perspective. Thanks for sharing, I have quite a bit of things to rethink of in my spare time...
Xcelerate 7y ago
Funny, I’m the opposite. I perform horribly under pressure induced by other people, but great under pressure that is only self-induced. I ran track in college, and my coach was always annoyed that my fastest times would be at practice on the track by myself rather than in a race with competition. Same with research in grad school, and to some degree programming in my full time job. I’d like to swap with you for a while haha.

by czbond 7y ago

saagarjha 7y ago

Get someone else to apply it?

mighty_bander 7y ago

It helps to have a job you hate. Then, assuming you're doing something that might eventually allow you to quit your job, allow yourself to dwell on how bad it is at work whenever you're about to give up.

tenebrisalietum 7y ago

Realize that your time is limited on this planet and you don't know exactly when you'll die.

carapace 7y ago
> "Because we don't know when we will die, we get to think of life as an inexhaustible well. Yet everything happens a certain number of times, and a very small number, really. How many more times will you remember a certain afternoon of your childhood, some afternoon that's so deeply a part of your being that you can't even conceive of your life without it? Perhaps four or five time more. Perhaps not even that. How many times will you watch the full moon rise? Perhaps twenty. And yet it all seems limitless." Graven on stone of the resting place of Brandon Lee.

mfrye0 7y ago

It depends on your situation. Part of mine is that I've had 3 bosses straight up steal money from me over the years. So the fear/pain of getting screwed by another boss is greater than the pain of starting a company. Apart from that, I don't know about you, but I came to the realization of how short life is awhile back. You have 70 or so years to do your thing, then that's it. You're dead. For me at least, the pain of dying and not having done anything with my life, is more than the short-term pain of working on your dream. So I don't know man. I'd say it's more what do you want out of life vs self imposing pressure.

davidjnelson 7y ago
Well stated. Being aware of death is transformative.
sizzle 7y ago
This is a profound and compelling perspective. Thanks for sharing, I have quite a bit of things to rethink of in my spare time...

Xcelerate 7y ago

Funny, I’m the opposite. I perform horribly under pressure induced by other people, but great under pressure that is only self-induced. I ran track in college, and my coach was always annoyed that my fastest times would be at practice on the track by myself rather than in a race with competition. Same with research in grad school, and to some degree programming in my full time job. I’d like to swap with you for a while haha.