#9 Pressure

Kolkata - 14th September 2021

"I don't think I should take up this project. I already have a project at hand, and I am not even working on that. Taking up another project will just make me feel worse."

This is a common story.

Here's a way to think about this:

In F1 racing, the cars are extremely light. The light build of the car is helpful because it can move extremely fast when coupled with a powerful engine. But it also presents a few problems.

One of the problems is braking. For braking to be effective, there needs to be sufficient downward force. In normal cars, the weight of the car provides sufficient downward force. The F1 cars are too light for the weight to be sufficient.

However, the cars are designed in such a way that the aerodynamics of the car at high speeds provides sufficient downward force - often more than the weight of the car, which makes the brakes work as intended.

This presents a peculiar conundrum. Either you have to drive the F1 cars very slowly or go much, much faster. There is no middle ground.

Some of us are like the F1 cars.

Some of us procrastinate because we know that we can handle the job at the last moment, and often, we can. But it's never as good as it could be. Being under reasonable amount of pressure and responsibilities improves the overall quality of work across all projects as we are forced to develop better habits.

If you can't do a small amount of work, try doing more.