Travis Bradberry wrote an article for World Economic Forum, in which he provides advice to stay calm and work properly when being under pressure or in stressful situations in your working life. These situations are inevitable and the key is to overcome them is keeping calm.

However, Bradberry says that most of us try to stay calm in a wrong way, as we tend to force ourselves to calm down. This reaction is not really the best, as we focus too much on how things could turn bad. The proper way to stay calm in a stressful situation is to “welcome the challenge of a crisis”, as this causes excitement and enables you to think how things could go well.

According to Bradberry “Staying composed, focused, and effective under pressure are all about your mentality. People who successfully manage crises are able to channel their emotions into producing the behavior that they want.”

In order to achieve this, you should follow Bradberry’s advice. He states that it is important to put things into perspective and ask yourself whether the situation is actually that serious. Most likely, it is not. Also, think about situations that were worse than yours. Once you have come to understand that the problem you are facing is not so big, you can start working on solving it.

It is also important for you to be aware that people are actually  less focused on you than you think they are. You should not concentrate on wondering what people may think of you, but on the problem at hand. The reality is that probably your coworkers and boss are also thinking how to solve the problem, instead of being focused on you.

All in all, you must remember that being able to manage your emotions and stay calm in stressful situation is directly linked to your performance. The vast majority of top performers are very skilled at managing their emotions.

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Travis Bradberry is an award winning co-author of Emotional Intelligence 2.0 and co-founder of Talent Smart.