3 Ways to Stay Calm in a stressful situation

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:

Conversation with a Cricket Ball

Yes, You read that right. This post is what a cricket ball would probably ‘say’ (if it could talk) in a Newspaper Interview:

(ShreeG represents Interviewer from Newspaper; CB represents Cricket Ball)

ShreeG: "Good Morning, We are conducting this interview for our National Daily Newspaper ‘ShreeG Times’ and are now talking to Mr. Ball"

CB: "Excuse ME... I am not a ball. I am THE chosen one!"

ShreeG (confused): "You are not a ball??"

CB: "Of course not: I am a member of God’s Kingdom! I was chosen to represent the warriors in this battle to save the people of your world. Thousands of your people come only to watch me & to receive my message."

ShreeG: "Well… Yes, everyone comes to watch you, but its not war."

CB: "Not War? Don’t your men put up a fight for simply holding me in their hand? It is about war & peace."