"The ability to keep your wits in a crisis isn't a character trait; it's a skill that you can learn in minutes."
Great
leaders always seem to remain calm during situations that make mere
mortals fall to pieces. Conventional wisdom says that the ability to
remain calm is a character trait that most of us lack.
Neuroscience,
however, has recently revealed that remaining calm under pressure is
not an inborn trait, but a skill that anybody can learn.
Here's how it's done:
1. Understand the biochemistry.
The
opposite of remaining calm is the state of "fight or flight," a
physiological reaction that occurs in response to a perceived harmful
event, attack, or threat to survival.
The
reaction starts when two segments of your brain called the amygdalae
interpret a situation as a threat. This perception causes your brain to
secrete hormones that tell your nervous system to prepare your body to
take drastic action. Your breath gets short, your body floods your
muscles with blood, your peripheral vision goes away, and so forth.
Since
neither fight nor flight are appropriate in business situations, your
body never gets a release. Instead, your hyped-up body tells your brain
"Yes, this is a real threat!" and you end up with your brain and body in
a feedback loop. To put it colloquially, you freak out.
In
this
state, chances are extremely high that you'll either remain frozen in
fear like a deer in headlights or, driven to release the pressure,
you'll say or do something stupid.
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