39: How to Leverage Stress to Boost Performance

In this episode we discuss the Yerkes-Dodson Law bell curve, which shows how stress can either boost or reduce your performance at work. We share personal examples of times in our career when we fell in different areas on the bell curve and we also share advice on how to manage your stress so you can leverage it to boost your performance.

Call To Action

Answer the following questions:

1. Where do you feel you are on the bell curve?
2. Why do you feel you are at that point in the bell curve?
3. What can you do to move closer to the optimal performance area (if not already in that area)?

Content Mentioned

• The Bell Curve For Optimal Performance
• Previous podcast episode - Imposter Syndrome