Steem4nigeria Accelerator Contest Week 72: How I Handle Pressure

Hello everyone, I'm excited to be here , to participate in this contest titled How I Handle Pressure today I'll share with you guys my thought and how to handle pressure.

What do you understand by Pressure ?

Dear friends, let me talk about "how I handle Pressure". But first, I will take us through the terminology called Pressure. Pressure in this context can be seen as that uneasy feelings and force you feel within you while trying to realise or get over a particular thing or task. As an individual in this part of the world where things are not in place to help you out when you have a challenge, pressure is always expected before pulling through.

Let me use this story to illustrate a particular situation pressure was the overseeing force till I succeeded. I ones had to make a delivery of a cake order for a wedding event. I saw this coming when the groom suddenly claimed busy each time I reach out. Always apologising for forgetting to send the money for me to start making the cake. Finally, the money came 2 days to the event.

I had to rush to the market to get items, I had to work night and day to get the cake design done. On the wedding eve, the wife rushed to check the progress of the cake only for her to decline the colour we used. She said her wedding colours were white and purple, I should get rid of the pink immediately. You an imagine the pressure placed on me to get this done.

They say customers are always right. I started almost afresh to get things right. Finally we got it before the reception of the wedding began. I took a taxi for the delivery. The road was congested with traffic jam everywhere. I was panicking because the cutting of the cake is not far away. Time elapsed I didn't arrive at the venue.

The couples started calling to traiten me that if I spoil their day I will regret their reaction. I will be arrested, I will refund all their money. The guest joined to call me, asserting all kind of pressure on me. Oh my God, there is nothing I wasn't named. I finally got to the venue, I dropped the cake, set it up. I rush to get dressed so I can introduce the cake, the master of ceremony (MC) began calling the cake designer to come for introduction of the cake.

I was literally shivering. I came out stress and was stammering while doing the introduction due to the pressure I was acting upon. Finally, that was done. I feel sick almost instantly, lost appetite for food, I felt my blood pressure high, so many things happened to me. Huh! Then I realised pressure can kill even before the main stress of the day.

Have you been under pressure before? If yes, How do you handle it.
Handling pressure entails that you prepare ahead of time, get all you need for your work readily available and closer to you as soon as you can. To me pressure will mar your happiness and satisfaction to what you tend to achieve. If pressure was best most people will adopt it as a problem solving model. Most people will fail while operating under pressure.

Pressure should only be allowed if things fall out of place not when you still have all the time to do it right. In my case, I wouldn't be under pressure if my client paid me in time. Realising I used the wrong colour would have been discovered on the right time. Mind you, the couple would have remembered to inform me about their colour of the day if the pressure was not on them too. So you see, pressure can cause grave damage.

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How do you view Pressure, do you see it as something that happens to Mar or Makes you?
Most times, I have come across curriculum vitae (CV) of young individuals that states that they can work under pressure. I will tell you for free that these youths are only showing desperation for job because there is scarcity of opportunity to get a job. Who on earth will want to work under pressure? If an employer requires that from you, that signals that he will stress you, strain you, mess you up. So he wants you to come with your mind prepared.

I won't advise anybody to work under pressure because it has so many adverse effects like raising your blood pressure, develop new health issues that might manifest in you in the nearest future. Most things you do under pressure is not worth the outcome. Take for example, only young boys are encouraged to drive impact trucks due to the pressure of the heavy duty machine reasons being it can affect their fertility. That is same thing as allowing your body act under pressure, you might slump while performing such task.

The only time humans should allow pressure occur should be on emergency cases, like accident, fire outbreak, getting a heart breaking situation then you move to fix it. In the absence of these emergencies, preparing on time to avoid pressure is best. The result one gets while acting under pressure can never be as accurate as the results you get while your body is at rest.

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What would be your advice to those (i.e job applicant) who are quick to state that they can work under pressure.

Finally, in my opinion I will say pressure will mar your activities and results. Applicants should avoid promising employers they can work under pressure as a pro, so that the employers can sit-up, do the right thing and also make the right equipment available for the job. As human, pressure only deposits bad fossils in us which might destroy us sooner than expected.

Thank you for your time.
I'ld love to invite @kidi40 @jozzie90 @goodybest to participate.