Find Your Focus Zone by Lucy Jo Palladino

Author:Lucy Jo Palladino [Palladino, Lucy Jo]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Free Press
Published: 2007-06-25T16:00:00+00:00

I do what I can in a day, and it’s a lot.

I’m refilling my fuel tanks.

What I think matters, and I think I’m good.

For years, Carol had used the phrase “eyes on the prize” to keep herself pumped and focused. She continued to use it, even when she felt low, but when she said the word “prize,” she made sure that she thought only of her own personal goals.

One of the times when everyone is particularly vulnerable to performance pressure is at the start of a new job or any new situation. Without a track record, your entire self-worth seems to ride on every conversation, decision, or sale. During the first week at a new company, a new location, or a new school, you compare yourself to others almost all the time. A prominent trial attorney once told me that although he had tried multimillion-dollar cases, none caused him more angst than his very first trial. At the time, he felt as if that verdict would define him as a winner or a loser.

When you face the challenge of performance pressure, detach from the competition around you and remember who you are. Return your thoughts to your own personal goals. Picture Tiger Woods and the “block out everything except the shot” expression on his face when he’s on the eighteenth green. How much of his attention is he squandering on his competitors, and how much is on the putt he’s about to take?

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