#137 Mindset Lab: How to Actually Stay Calm Under Pressure

Some people stay locked in when everything around them is falling apart. Other people lose it the second one thing goes wrong. It's not because the first person is just naturally calmer, and it's not a personality thing at all. In this episode I break down why most people try to build this kind of calm in exactly the wrong moment, why a quote you've probably heard about the space between stimulus and response gets credited to the wrong person constantly, and the three completely unglamorous things I actually do that build real awareness before pressure ever shows up. If you've ever wondered why some people seem to have it together when everything's on the line and you don't, this one's for you.