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If you run a company, you will experience overwhelming psychological pressure to be overly positive. Stand up to the pressure, face your fear, and tell it like it is.

The test of a diamond in the rough is not whether it shines from the start, but how it responds to heat or pressure.

Once we’re part of a group, we’re all susceptible to peer pressure and social norms… that can play a critical role in sweeping us up in the beginnings of an epidemic.

…there is no question that social pressures nudge people to accept some pretty odd conclusions – and those conclusions might well affect their behavior.

…managers who say – or secretly believe – that employees work better under pressure, uncertainty, unhappiness, or fear are just plain wrong.

For optimal creative performance, go for low or moderate time pressure as a general rule – punctuated by occasional periods of focused urgency.

Spending time with people from work in a more relaxed setting, without the pressure of work deadlines, can be a good way to build relationships.

Whatever the pressures, there’s no law of nature dictating that businesses must grow quickly and endlessly.

In a time-out, attention shifts away from everyday pressures, creating the space needed to reconsider the future.

…switching from one task to another is effortful, especially under time pressure.