Performing under pressure
by Hendrie Weisinger · first published 2015
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"Nobody performs better under pressure. Regardless of the task, pressure ruthlessly diminishes our judgment, decision-making, attention, dexterity, and performance in every professional and personal arena. In Performing Under Pressure, Drs. Hendrie Weisinger and J.P. Pawliw-Fry introduce us to the concept of pressure management, offering empirically tested short term and long term solutions to help us overcome the debilitating effects of pressure. Performing Under Pressure tackles the greatest obstacle to personal success, whether in a sales presentation, at home, on the golf course, intervie
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…under pressure as opposed to stress. The difference might seem minor but it's rather significant, and it's a characteristic many employers would intentionally want to measure. I highly recommend the book Performing Under Pressure, by Weisinger & Pawliw-Fry.
on “A Method I’ve Used to Eliminate Bad Tech Hires” ↗…I could. But honestly it didn't matter. My fate had actually been set in motion five to ten years prior. I didn't give up, and I didn't sit on my laurels. Ironically, I started reading a book called "Performing Under Pressure", and the entire premise of the book is basically: Act like you're not under pressure and you'll do your best work. https://www.amazon.com/Performing-Under-Pressure-Science-Mat... See, this idea that…
on “How Not to Die (2007)” ↗