Why you can’t handle pressure (And how to solve it)

Name: Why you can’t handle pressure (And how to solve it)
Uploaded: 2026-02-03T18:00:12+00:00
Duration: 38 s
Channel: Jake Burhans
Description: In this segment, Jake Burhans explains that when a person is in a dysregulated or survival state, their cognitive functions—such as strategic thinking…

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In this segment, Jake Burhans explains that when a person is in a dysregulated or survival state, their cognitive functions—such as strategic thinking, problem solving, and nuance perception—collapse. He emphasizes that before attempting any high‑pressure activity (sales calls, presentations, performances, or difficult conversations), the first step is to recognize which mental/physiological state you are in. Understanding that dysregulation limits decision‑making and emotional bandwidth leads to the conclusion that you must first move into a regulated state to regain full cognitive capacity and perform at your best.

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When you're in a dysregulated state, a survival state, cognition goes down, right? You can't even think, you can't strategize, you can't problem solve, you don't understand nuance because you're in a survival state. So you're trying to perform at a high level and you have a, a sales call to make or a presentation to do, or a bit, or an appointment to go on, or a performance you need to have, or a difficult conversation. The first question you should be asking yourself is, what state am I in? Because if we know that a dysregulated state reduces our cognitive ability to make decisions, and reduces our emotional bandwidth and our ability to think and decide and act, don't we want to be in a regulated state so we have access to that cognitive ability so we can perform at the highest level?