Richard Carlson Quotes

If you're successful and stressed out, you're succeeding in spite of your stress, not because of it.

Every field has its pressures and stress factors.

Most of the stress we feel here in Silicon Valley is self-inflicted.

A lot of people say, 'Do you feel a lot of pressure?' There's not that much pressure, to be honest.

I don't really compartmentalize well. I'm in a state of anxiety and panic a lot, but it's for different reasons. It used to be because I had nothing going on, but I work very hard and there doesn't seem to be an end to it.

We need to distinguish between stress and stimulation. Having deadlines, setting goals, and pushing yourself to perform at capacity are stimulating. Stress is when you're anxious, upset, or frustrated, which dramatically reduce your ability to perform.

There's a difference between stress and pressure.

… a job of infinite stress

People under pressure don’t work better; they just work faster.

Creative burnout and physical burnout is real. I mean, there are moments when I get home - after overseeing, you know, almost 16 collections a year - where I can't move.

Me, I don't want to put the pressure on myself.

Unfortunately, the manager is always the one who gets under pressure the most.

Americans of all backgrounds and in all kinds of circumstances are stressed out by feeling overwhelmed and being over-committed.

There's always pressure on people's shoulders when it comes to Man United, and it's how you deal with the pressure.

Most everyone I know feels frazzled and overwhelmed most of the time.

The number of stressors has multiplied exponentially: traffic, money, success, work/life balance, the economy, the environment, parenting, family conflict, relationships, disease. As the nature of human life has become far more complicated, our ancient stress response hasn't been able to keep up.

I learnt an enormous amount, but there came a point where I found there was too much stress. It was no fun any more. Outside of the chessboard I avoid conflict, so I thought this wasn't worth it.

The challenge in my life really is keeping the balance between feeling creatively energized and fulfilled without feeling overwhelmed and like I'm in the middle of a battlefield.

Everybody who knows me is like, 'Dude, you've got to chill out.' I can't not work, given where I want to be.

Life is stressful.

There are plenty of brilliant people who are too stressed out to read challenging literary novels.

And when the pressure was on us, the team handled it very well. One has to learn to play well under pressure.

We are living in very challenging times. Pressured in the workplace and stressed out at home, people are trying to make sense of their lives.

I push every day against forces that say you have to go faster, be more effective, be more productive, you have to constantly outdo yourself, you have to constantly outdo your neighbor - all of the stuff that creates an incredibly productive society, but also a very neurotic one.

More and more of us feel like emergency-room physicians, permanently on call, required to heal ourselves but unable to find the prescription for all the clutter on our desk.