Comments on: Accomplished People More Likely To Fail Under Stress

By: edbravo

edbravo — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:49:05 +0000

nice post!i strongly believe we can’t avoid stress and in a way, a little stress is good for us ,but the bottom line is , “how you balance stress”. i have written on this subject and hopefully it will help us.

By: Rami Kantari

Rami Kantari — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 11:54:11 +0000

Interesting subject. I have found the time management matrix of Steven Covey extremely helpful in stressful situations. Increasing the percentage of time spent in stressful and crisis situations “Quad 1″ can easily eat up the time available for other important issues such as planning and relationship building. So as long as we are in control of the amount of time we spend under stress is what’s important and certainly a bit of adrelanine can boost our focus on tasks at hand.

By: Lord

Lord — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 01:15:59 +0000

I suspect there is actually a considerable difference between individuals as what constitutes pressure. People who think they work well under pressure may have never really experienced it, while those who know they don’t may have felt it in extremus.

By: K Hiemstra

K Hiemstra — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 18:11:51 +0000

My experiences are the same as yours. I have found my best performance to be when under large amounts of stress and where a lot is on the line. In my case, fear of failure is a fantastic motivator.

It may not mean that the decision making is better (which appears to be what the article is getting at), but more decisions get made and more gets accomplished. The end result is usually better as well since you are forced to focus on the core of the matter rather than having the freedome to ponder every angle and potential alternative.

By: S.M.Mehdi Hassan

S.M.Mehdi Hassan — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 14:57:48 +0000

I am a person who can not work properly under stress. This is why I hate corporate jobs. On the contrary, I have seen many people who can work well under stress. I wish I could become like them.

By: S.M.Mehdi Hassan

S.M.Mehdi Hassan — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 14:38:02 +0000

What can I say? Not every people has the same capability to operate under pressure. Some people like to work under pressure because at that time they can work well and some don’t. I think I am in the second category. I do not like to work under pressure. This is why I hate corporate jobs. They are very much stressful.