Under Pressure

Under Pressure

"The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another."
William James

The Upside Of Stress (& Why It Can Actually Be Good For Us

By Kelly McGonigal

How History's Greatest Stoics Managed Stress (& How We Can To)

By Ryan Holiday

Reframing Our Thinking About Stress & Learning How To Master It

By Andrew Huberman

Why We Can “Choke” If We're Under Pressure (& How Not To)

By Sian Beilock

The Art Of Performing Under Pressure

By Hendrie Weisinger & J.P. Pawliw-Fry

Understanding The Difference Between Nerves & Excitement

By Simon Sinek

Anxiety Reappraisal: How To Turn Fear Into Excitement

By BBC, Seeker, The Atlantic & Sci Show

"To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan and not quite enough time."

The Yerkes-Dodson Law & “Optimal Arousal”

By Mind Tools, Explified & School Of Ireland

How To Beat The Feeling Of Being Overwhelmed

By Mel Robbins

Time Anxiety & How To Be Productive If There's Not Enough Time

By Thomas Frank, Entrepreneur & Jamie Whiffen

Tips & Webisodes

By BBC, Sci Show & The Economist

Animated Shorts

By TED-Ed & Braincraft

Clips & Interviews

By Cal Newport & Tina Seelig

Insight

Big Think

The Yerkes-Dodson law: This graph will change your relationship with stress

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Inc.

13 Secrets to Performing Well Under Pressure

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Medium

The Power of Doing More With Less

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Vox

The science of choking under pressure – & how to avoid it

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Very Well Mind

The Yerkes-Dodson Law & Performance

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HBR

Are You Too Stressed to Be Productive? Or Not Stressed Enough?

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BBC

How to make deadlines motivating, not stressful

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Effectivology

Parkinson’s Law: Get More Done by Giving Yourself Less Time to Do Things

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Creative Cloud

How to Deal with Time Pressure at Work

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LifeHack

How to Use Parkinson’s Law to Get More Done in Less Time

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Entrepreneur

Why You Should Embrace Some of That Stress

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Fast Company

How To Make Your Stress Work In Your Favor

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D.I.Y.

Inc.

Feeling Anxious? Try This Science-Based Technique to Quiet the Negative Voice in Your Head

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TED Talks

By Daniel Levitin & Russell Wilson

Podcasts

Christoper Cox

The Deadline Effect

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Kelly McGonigal

The Upside of Stress

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Podcast Clips

Dan Harris

The Yerkes-Dodson Law Dictates a Certain Amount of Anxiety Is Useful

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Layne Norton

Reframe Pre-Competition Nerves & Anxiety Into Excitement

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Book Extracts

Think Like a Champion

Taken from The Upside Of Stress, by Kelly McGonigal, PhD.

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Introduction

Taken from Choke, by Sian Beilock.

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Creating Checkpoints: Jean-Georges Restaurants

Taken from The Deadline Effect, by Christopher Cox.

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Introduction

Taken from Performing Under Pressure, by Hendrie Weisinger & J. P. Pawliw-Fry.

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