How much pressure does it take to incite the evil twin?

Your emotional resilience is evident only when you feel pressure.

Your business relies on you making a series of decisions, some major and considered, most made moment by moment as you implement the strategies associated with the big decisions. No matter the size or type of decision, the quality of your decisions determines the quality of your output and subsequently your results. Add pressure and the game is on!

Of course, pressure is perceived, but when you feel it upon you, it is very real in it’s impact on your behaviour and your results.

Pressure is a necessary part of challenge and engagement, allowing an environment where you are your best self and can enjoy the game. No pressure and entropy seeps in. However, too much pressure and you may become your not so good other self, metaphorically like an evil twin (a technical term!).

I often think that a drive in the car is a good way to check whether my good self or my evil twin is in charge. You know… when someone cuts me off in the traffic, do I say to myself “Wow! That person is already having a bad day!” Or “What! You idiot…” as I feel my temperature rise. Or perhaps that is just me?

My work centres on helping you to discover how you make decisions under normal circumstances and especially under pressure. My fascination with people and their decision-making is a win for my clients because this is the pointy end of how my expertise helps produce improved results, which; not so incidentally; you enjoy working toward even more.

So… do you also have a metaphorical evil twin? How has your pressure level been throughout the day? Has anyone pushed your evil twin button? If so, how did this affect your behaviour and your results?

Until next time, be emotionally resilient and enjoy the pressure!