Andrew J. Bernstein Quotes

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

I think the stress will kill me. I think it will be the stress.

I never feel like I should have any time free.

With regards to pressure, you can't be too conscious of it.

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

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

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.

Are you aware that rushing toward a goal is a sublimated death wish? It's no coincidence we call them 'deadlines.'

Stress is something that is sort of out of your control. You get stressed out over looking at the finish line. Stress is something that is an outside thing. Stress is an anxiety.

I've learned to relax more. Everybody feels pressure in what they do, maybe mine is just a little different because there doesn't seem to be enough hours in the day to accomplish what I want to.

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

No matter how good you are at planning, the pressure never goes away. So I don't fight it. I feed off it. I turn pressure into motivation to do my best.

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.

Some people thrive under pressure, but pressure can also ruin your performance, it can push you down angles which you don't want to go.

I find it very difficult to relax. I find it increasingly difficult to find outlets for my frustration.

I've never had a chance to sit down and enjoy what's happened - I've been too panicked about the next move. So I took some time out. I thought either I do this now or in 10 years' time I'll end up in the Priory.

I think I'd have done better if I had been a little more relaxed-if I had not pressed quite so hard, if I'd not lost quite so much sleep.

I always have stress.

If I spread myself too thin, I'm not a good actor, I'm not a good mother, and I'm just really high-strung - and everybody hates me.

When it comes to the point where you occasionally look forward to being in prison on the basis that you might be able to spend a day reading a book, the realization dawns that perhaps the situation has become a little more stressful than you would like.

I think sometimes I don't realise how much the pressure gets to me.

If you do things when you're burned out, it'll make you bitter.

I'm not a workaholic, but I was a bit manic, I have to confess.

I stress a lot, sometimes.

I was making comebacks every single year. That makes it difficult mentally. It causes a lot of stress.