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Aug 29, 2022 12 tweets 3 min read
Coming home successfully is a skill.

How do we successfully transition from working high-impact problem sets to being human at home with friends and family?

It's not easy...I still have a lot to learn.

Here's a snapshot of what I *do* know about coming home well.

🧵 ⬇️ 1️⃣  You have to study yourself

It took me an *embarrassingly* long time to realize I don’t make good decisions the morning after a night shift.

So now, if possible, I don't decide things after a night shift.

Learn your own personal patterns + adjust as much as you can.
Aug 22, 2022 15 tweets 5 min read
5 Critical Mental Models for Performing Under Pressure

It’s dangerous to go alone! Take these:

- The Yerkes Dodson Curve
- The ITSO Matrix
- The Wedge Model
- The Island Chain Approach
- The Prepare - Perform - Recover - Evolve Cycle

🧵+ Video ⬇️ The Yerkes Dodson Curve

Inverse U or Bell-Curve relationship between performance and stress.

Figure out and leverage your optimal amount of stress - not too little, not too much.

If overloaded ("right shifted"), deploy tactics to bring you back to optimal ("left shift").