Comments on: How Well Do You Work Under Pressure? http://performancing.com/how-well-do-you-work-under-pressure/ Invest In Performance Wed, 16 May 2012 15:37:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Stephen http://performancing.com/how-well-do-you-work-under-pressure/comment-page-1/#comment-31988 Stephen Tue, 04 Aug 2009 08:28:02 +0000 http://performancing.com/?p=6357#comment-31988 I find I don't work very well under pressure. If I have a deadline to meet and things are not going the way I expected I get fidgety and my time in front of the screen is unproductive. When this happens I know it is time for a walk or a sit in the garden. To an outsider it might look like I am relaxing or wasting time, but I am actually re-energizing and get ready for another attempt. Honestly! I find I don’t work very well under pressure. If I have a deadline to meet and things are not going the way I expected I get fidgety and my time in front of the screen is unproductive. When this happens I know it is time for a walk or a sit in the garden. To an outsider it might look like I am relaxing or wasting time, but I am actually re-energizing and get ready for another attempt. Honestly!

]]> By: Dru Pearson http://performancing.com/how-well-do-you-work-under-pressure/comment-page-1/#comment-31612 Dru Pearson Sat, 01 Aug 2009 01:13:54 +0000 http://performancing.com/?p=6357#comment-31612 Ahh, why didn't I find this site when I was beginning my blog? I could have used just about every article three weeks ago! Thank you for the insight expressed in this particular piece, though, about the writing itself. Nothing thrills me more than the blank page, but filling it IS hard work. It's good to know others feel the same way. Ahh, why didn’t I find this site when I was beginning my blog? I could have used just about every article three weeks ago!

Thank you for the insight expressed in this particular piece, though, about the writing itself. Nothing thrills me more than the blank page, but filling it IS hard work. It’s good to know others feel the same way.

]]> By: Paul http://performancing.com/how-well-do-you-work-under-pressure/comment-page-1/#comment-31588 Paul Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:28:13 +0000 http://performancing.com/?p=6357#comment-31588 It can be a bit difficult to make the switch from working around a schedule to being your own boss. Yes it's great to manage the schedule around you and maybe even stick in a project or two more than you did before, but it can also be tempting to slack off and take a nap whenever you feel too tired. So I would say it is good to make a ToDo list big enoguh to keep you on your toes and and also take some time off to watch your favorite tv show if your are feeling too stressed. It's all about balance, right? It can be a bit difficult to make the switch from working around a schedule to being your own boss. Yes it’s great to manage the schedule around you and maybe even stick in a project or two more than you did before, but it can also be tempting to slack off and take a nap whenever you feel too tired.

So I would say it is good to make a ToDo list big enoguh to keep you on your toes and and also take some time off to watch your favorite tv show if your are feeling too stressed.
It’s all about balance, right?

]]> By: How to make it work? Add pressure! http://performancing.com/how-well-do-you-work-under-pressure/comment-page-1/#comment-31188 How to make it work? Add pressure! Wed, 29 Jul 2009 07:02:38 +0000 http://performancing.com/?p=6357#comment-31188 Yep, that is me... a ToDo list that just crested 600 items and 16 hour days at a minimum. I am at the point that I feel like if I had a week off, the Earth would cease rotation... BUT if I don't have that kind of pressure, I don't get things done. Don't get me wrong. I have been doing this for better than 25 years, and I dearly love the computer field... but, what would it be like to have a solid week where I didn't even see a computer? I am willing to try this, but there is a small problem: Who will keep the earth turning while I am gone? Anyone? 16 hour days? No? Darn. ;) Any advice on actually putting it all down and walking away? I was never good at that whole vaka-er-vacishun-hmmm-vackat-dangit, apparently I can't even spell that whole time-off and road trip time period thingy National Lampoon made a bunch of movies about. :) Yep, that is me… a ToDo list that just crested 600 items and 16 hour days at a minimum. I am at the point that I feel like if I had a week off, the Earth would cease rotation… BUT if I don’t have that kind of pressure, I don’t get things done.

Don’t get me wrong. I have been doing this for better than 25 years, and I dearly love the computer field… but, what would it be like to have a solid week where I didn’t even see a computer? I am willing to try this, but there is a small problem: Who will keep the earth turning while I am gone? Anyone? 16 hour days? No? Darn. ;)

Any advice on actually putting it all down and walking away? I was never good at that whole vaka-er-vacishun-hmmm-vackat-dangit, apparently I can’t even spell that whole time-off and road trip time period thingy National Lampoon made a bunch of movies about. :)

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