https://tim.blog/2018/06/10/how-to-succeed-in-high-stress-situations/
- emotional stability and not letting yourself run by them
NASA when training their astronauts spends most time on mental game and going through all possible scenarios over and over again. follow the rational and checklists instead of a fight or flight reaction, punching against the machines like back in the days with your computer. not that emotions are not there, or you shouldn't use them, but let them out with control. if you need to cry, cry. but if you get angry and suddenly start a social media shitstorm on your ex's wall, might not be the best way for all sides.
- trust the process
sorta similar to the first one, but that was the one where I was thinking "damn, people are mostly the same, it's literally the mental models/ways of thinking that will differentiate us". Let's say you want to buy a house, it's not that you can just go out and buy it. There is multiple steps inbetween that you need to lay out and then trust the process to go through them.
- love everything
appreciate every situation how it happens. instead of being in a fantasy world of your expectations, be in the now and take what's there. things don't happen against but for you. thomas edison, when his factory burned down and he was standing in front of it knowing he can't do anything any more he told his son to pick up his sister and mum "they won't ever see such a big fire again". there was nothing else to do.
- using whatever is happening there for you
blitzkrieg and the strength of them was actually also their weakness. got a bad boss, might as well learn from it and use it for yourself. don't get blinded and reactive, be a step ahead and learn from it.