My friend was telling me about a situation when one evening in office, he had a very important assignment to complete, was consistently receiving calls from home because he had guests waiting, he had to book his flight tickets for a trip the next morning and he was having trouble with his printer.
Sometimes simple demands for multi-tasking can convert to 'pressurised situations' on the emotional & mental level!!
I have personally been through situations where my 25 guests would be arriving soon, am cooking an extensive chinese meal & I suddenly find that I am running short of soya sauce!!
When we are under the mental pressure of completing multiple 'simple-looking tasks' within a restricted time-frame, the pressure of multi-tasking hits the panic button and makes us completely incapable of handling even the commonest of situations.
Here are 3 Top things that work for me, when I am faced with a situation that demands multi-tasking under pressurised circumstances: