Quotes About Pressure

I was baffled by my fuzzy hair and the attention it drew, and the urgency with which people advised that I have it 'straightened', as if it posed a threat.

Grace thought, Perhaps I ought to comment on some news. Unfortunately Grace was one of those people who can become a bore and an irritation to others and an anguish to themselves because their lives are dominated by "ought". "What ought I to do? Do you think I ought to -"... They refuse to let a situation rest; they must tamper with it, adjust it, change it, impose upon it their immediate concern of "ought".

An unmentored daughter is an unnurtured daughter, unnurtured in the strength she needs to Survive as an original woman in this world. Daughters, as compared to sons in a hetero-relational family, are more undernurtured in all ways by mothers and pressured prematurely to become nurturers of others—mostly of men. What also happens in this context, as Denice Yanni has pointed out, is "a silencing of woman's own needs for nurturing by making her the primary nurturer.

I'm drowning--at home and at work. I want to give 100 percent on all fronts, but there are only so many 100 percents you can give before you realize there's nothing left.

Show me a hero and I'll show you a man enslaved by his competence.

Whatever has been achieved through pressure and violence is unstable, unreliable and incorrect.

Nor is there the same pressure on blacks when they talk insultingly about whites.

There's the famous thing that the A&ampR man from the record company is supposed to do: He's supposed to come into the studio and listen to the songs you've been recording and then say, 'Guys, I don't hear any singles.' And then everybody falls into a terrible depression because you have to write one.

Young people discovering their sexuality must know they walk with a strong tradition and that they are not alone. They have a right to information without being pressured.

But, hey, remember: If things don't work out in your life, you can always just turn to drugs or join the Army.

Don't be impressed by the fact a guy doesn't pressure you. He doesn't get any points for that. It's his duty as a gentleman.

His nervous collapse was an "anxiety reaction" sparked by "prolonged overwork

It's time for companies to stop asking their employees to breathlessly chase ever-higher, ever-more-artificial targets set by ego.

Because let's face it: Goals are fake. Nearly all of them are artificial targets set for the sake of setting targets. These made-up numbers then function as a source of unnecessary stress until they're either achieved or abandoned. And when that happens, you're supposed to pick new ones and start stressing again. Nothing ever stops at the quarterly win. There are four quarters to a year. Forty to a decade. Every one of them has to produce, exceed, and beat EXPECTATIONS.

The expectation of an immediate response is the ember that ignites so many fires at work.

Stress never stops at the border of work, either. It bleeds into life. It infects your relationships with your friends, your family, your kids.

Without a fixed, believable deadline, you can't work calmly. When you don't trust the date, or when you think it's impossible to do everything someone's telling you to do within a specific period of time, or when someone keeps piling on more work without giving you more time, you work frantically and maniacally. Few things are as demoralizing as working on projects with no end in sight.

Goals are fake. Nearly all of them are artificial targets set for the sake of setting targets. These made-up numbers then function as a source of unnecessary stress until they're either achieved or abandoned

Remember: Deadlines, not dreadlines.

Stress is passed from organization to employee, from employee to employee, and then from employee to customer.

Nothing ever stops at the quarterly win. There are four quarters to a year. Forty to a decade. Every one of them has to produce, exceed, and beat EXPECTATIONS.

We need to add this feature now. We can't launch without this feature. Everyone wants it. It's only one little thing so it will be easy. You should be able to get it in there fast!" Only thirty-six words, but a hundred assumptions. That's a recipe for disaster.

As a younger player, you always kind of play with that fear of failure.

Here are nine reasons I've seen and heard most often as I search to understand why we hesitate: Why people hesitate to act Gotten too comfortable Study things to death Lack of confidence Think the big deal will fly in the window Think it's already too late for them Fear of losing what they have Afraid nobody will pitch in Family pressures to not take the risk Lack of financial safety net