How to Stay Cool at Gunpoint😎

Imagine yourself, behind the curtains, ten minutes before giving the biggest speech of the year in your school. You have memorized it line by line, word by word....yet for some reason you lack confidence. Now they're calling you up on that ginormous stage (applause, applause, applause). You step on the podium, and as soon as you start to speak, your mouth gets dry. No words come out...your head's spinning round and round, and your stomach feels like you just came from a roller-coaster. You see hundreds of eyes looking at you, their piercing stares are transfixed on you. This is the point when the question arises in your mind - "What will people think about me?" A lifetime fear, PERFORMANCE PRESSURE can be our biggest enemy, but sometimes, it just might turn out to be our closest ally. How, you might be wondering, scroll down😉

WHYYYY DOES THIS "PERFORMANCE PRESSURE" AFFECT ME SO DRASTICALLY?!

We go through performance pressure every second of our lives...whether it's at school, office, anywhere! This is because, people will never stop judging you. Neither will you stop judging them. The moment when you feel the greatest pressure, is when you know that you are being evaluated or closely scrutinized. Take the simple example of singing in the shower, there, your singing skills are the best in the world! Forget about Avril Lavigne or Beyoncé, you are the greatest!😎 But what if someone told you to sing the same songs in front of an audience? Say around 20 people....can you do it then? I'm pretty sure only some of us will have the guts to start singing right there on that stage. To get good results on the "JUDGEMENT TEST" you feel the need to be perfect. Well, that's the problem isn't it? We are human beings, we'll never be perfect. But that doesn't mean that we can't give it our best shot. Each one of us is PERFECTLY IMPERFECT in our own way...so don't strive for perfection, strive for excellence🤩

UGH, OK TELL ME HOW CAN I MAKE IT GO AWAY?

Whenever you're nervous, or have a big performance, try to clear your mind and start counting backwards from hundred. Trust your abilities, also, a little bit of overconfidence can go a long way...don't care about what other people think, just go with the flow. If there are people out there who can perform under the pressure of millions and under the pressure of their own country...then why can't you do it too? Just remember to stay calm and collected. But if you get lost somewhere in this tricky path, don't worry, everyone has a GPS nowadays😂 Just stay positive and work hard...'cause working "HARD" is the only job that pays😉

Lastly, just chillax! Every dark cloud has a silver lining...performance pressure helps you to challenge yourselves and to break your limits. You need to keep trying and keep your head held high! It's not about what the judgement is, it's about how you deal with that judgement...whether you take it as motivation to try harder or you take it as demotivation to just give up altogether. Hey, I mean with just the right amount of pressure, every piece of coal someday turns into a diamond right? So just shine like a diamond🌟⚡ And as rightly said by the famous novelist Ernest Hemingway - "Courage is grace under pressure".