#22 Performance Pressure At Work - Where Does It Come From And How Do We Experience Pressure Today?

#22 Performance Pressure At Work - Where Does It Come From And How Do We Experience Pressure Today?

Author: Hearts Wide Open April 23, 2024 Duration: 57:54

Soroosh had a talk with a friend recently and thought he'd bring the topic to the podcast to dive deep and discuss our thoughts on the pressure to perform.

What is pressure to perform? What types of pressures are there that we can experience and where do they come from? How do these pressures affect us today and how do we still attach to them?

We discuss all these questions and more around the topic of pressure on this episode and share real examples from our own lifes to illustrate how different people can experience different types of pressures and to share how we deal with these or how we're still learning to.

Like Soroosh's pressure to always wanting to become better, do more, work harder, be more successful or Dennis who shares about his fear of success and feeling guilty for taking a break from being productive.


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