Jake Burhans argues you can't control external stress, so build your internal toolkit instead. That means developing three capacities: awareness, nervous-system orientation, and emotional regulation. Master these and you'll handle any role without being derailed by pressure.
Instead of me spending all my time and effort wasting away trying to prevent external stress and pressure, why don't I just rebuild my internal toolkit? Why don't I just build my inner capacity to handle the stress of life and to handle the pressure? So it doesn't matter what happens. It doesn't matter because you have the internal tools— awareness, nervous system orientation, emotional regulation. You have these internal tools to be able to deal with life. Whether you're in the corporate world, you're a manager, you're a CEO, or you're a leader, or you're an entrepreneur, entrepreneur, or a salesperson, whatever you are, Your missing link is building the internal toolkit to be able to deal with the pressure of life.
