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Welcome pressure and harness stress to perform 欣然接受壓力, 以壓力促表現
Main Idea 要點
Contrary to popular opinion, butterfly is a good thing .The great performers and superstars welcome pressure because they know it will bring out the best from them .In many ways, pressure is the overachiever's energy bar.
和一般人的看法不一樣,卓越人士和超級巨星認為困難是好事——他們會欣然接受壓力。因為他們知道，壓力能使他們超水平發揮。很多時候，壓力是辦公室超人的能量來源。
Supporting Ideas 要點闡釋
Overachievers realize they only feel pressure when something significant is at stake ,and they feed off that stress to put an edge on their own performance .The last thing they want to do is relax .Instead ,they harness pressure as a catalyst or doorway to success, and make it work to their advantage .
辦公室超人了解，惟有攸關緊要的事才會令他們有壓力，而他們會將其轉化為個人表現的動力。他們最不想要的就是放松。和一般人不同的是，他們能把壓力當作成功的媒介、化壓力為優勢。
The simple fact is humans are genetically hardwired to respond favorably and to the best of our ability when we feel anxiety .At those moments, our bodies actually take over and increase blood flow so that we have greater visual acuity, increased mental capacity and more oxygen and fuel for our muscles to use. These are good things to have going for you, so it makes good sense to harness anxiety deliberately and proactively.
事實上，人類天生就有在焦慮時做出最佳反應和發揮最大潛力的本能。在那些時刻，其實是我們的身體掌握了主導權，血液加速我們的視覺更敏銳、腦力更強、提供給肌肉更多的氧氣惡化能量。這對你而言都是好事，因此有意識、積極地利用焦慮是合理的。
This is why: 理由如下：
Professional golfers play for money, even during their practice rounds.
Campaign managers put their candidates through very tough practice press conferences before they face the real thing.
Astronauts spend months in simulators practicing over and over the procedures they will be carrying out in space.
The president of the United States practices his press conferences and major addresses in front of an audience of aides and other staffers.
職業高爾夫球手打球就是為了賺錢，在熱身賽期間也不例外。
在候選人去見媒體前，競選總干事會對他們進行嚴格的“見記者”訓練。
宇航員要花好幾個月，不斷重復在太空中的仿真訓練。
美國總統會在助理和其他內閣成員面前練習他的記者招待會和重要演說。
In fact, if you're smart, you'll go to great lengths to not only generate that kind of pressures to perform for yourself but you'll also ratchet things up as much as possible .NASA's flight directors intentionally have malfunctions crop up in these stimulations .Tiger Wood's father used to yell at his son just as he was about to swing to try and distract him. You should encourage audience members in mock-ups to heckle you and ask the toughest, meanest questions imaginable. Not only will this pressure you to perform but you can go into a situation knowing that real life can't possibly be as bad as what you've already practiced responding to.
事實上，如果你明智的話，不但會煞費苦心地營造那種激發表現力的壓力，甚至會盡可能地自找麻煩。美國太空總署的主任故意在仿真期間加入意外故障，老虎伍茲的父親喜歡在他要揮桿的時候喊叫，試圖擾亂他。在“演習”時，你應該鼓勵聽眾刁難你，提出最艱澀、殘酷的問題。這種壓力不單能激發你的表現，還能讓你了解到，實際狀況不可能比你練習時的情境更糟。
Key Thoughts 核心思想
"The only time top performers get worried is when their heart is not racing .Unless you learn to love pressure—to perceive stress as an advantage—you are unlikely to enter the ranks of exceptional performers."
——John Eliot
“頂尖人物，惟擔心自己的心跳不再加速。除非你學會愛上壓力，視壓力為一項優越條件，你不可能加入卓越人士行列。”
"In summary, practice, practice, practice .Learning to love pressure is essential to becoming the kind of exceptional thinker for whom overachievement is a way of life."
——John Eliot
“簡單地說，就是練習、練習、再練習。學會熱愛壓力，是成為卓越思考者的基本條件。”
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