The Pressure Isn't Real

 At The Ascent, Anthony Moore writes:

Pressure isn’t real — it’s just the stress you put on yourself in your head. Pressure is the result of limitations we put on ourselves to produce outcomes we don’t control. When we focus on the outcome, we begin to expect things out of our control, which sets us up for failure.
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Ordinary people focus on the outcome. But extraordinary people focus on the process. This is how they achieve such enormous goals.
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You don’t need to pressure yourself to compete, to win, to come out on top.
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Because the truth is, you don’t control the outcome. You don’t control anything — except yourself. The only parts you truly have control over are your attitude, your mindset, and your actions. The rest is out of your control.

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