Managing our time well is an important skill. There will be misses even for a person who manages their time very well. Planning plays an important role here but even then we might have some unplanned items coming to our desks. The most important thing here is to work without taking too much stress. Working under pressure is something that we cannot avoid but at the same time even though it is pressurizing, if we can manage it somehow, we can escape without putting too much stress on our heads.
Having people watch us work
I have had this problem where it is hard for us to work if people breathe behind our backs or stand behind our desks. Sometimes even though I'm an expert on something, I find it uncomfortable if someone stands behind my desk and waits for me to complete a task. I learned this from one of my colleagues. He is an expert in SQL. People reach out to him asking for some queries in SQL. Even though he can write any complex query on the fly, he is not comfortable if people are waiting near his desk for him to complete the query and give it. He asked people to go back to their desks and he would work alone and send the query to the individuals.
I once got a chance to talk to him asking why he is not very comfortable if someone is watching him write queries. The reply from him was very nice. He said people are judgemental and sometimes when he is writing queries, he might forget some basic syntax and for that he might have to reach out to Google and ask. Honestly, this absence of mind happens to anybody. Even though we have been working on something for several years, we forget some basic things. People if they stand behind might become judgemental and start saying that he did not do it on his own but referred to Google or whatever. So it is better to just showcase the output alone and not showing what it took to reach that outcome.
Taking things easy
These days as years pass by, I have started to reduce my stress levels. I don't know if that came because of my years of experience or because I wanted to slow things down. I don't mind working on innovative things. I have started reducing the pressure that I'm taking on me these days. If someone wants a project delivered on a particular date, I don't put that pressure on my team. Instead, I try to keep it very flexible so that the team members don't put the deadline pressure on them. It can be hard at times to solve if people work under pressure, they tend to make mistakes which is not very good. Instead, a cool head can achieve many things better than a fully stressed-out head. This is my humble opinion.
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Work under pressure is so stressing and annoying!
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Working under pressure is never a good idea, better avoid this
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So true. It sometimes feels like someone is watching over my shoulder in my office.
People need to understand, that productivity goes up in a comforting environment not a pressured workplace.
I find it uncomfortable to work when I am fully aware that there is someone watching me
I may not do it well
Yeah right! A stitch in time saves nine !!