Education 2.0 & 3.0

The modern educational system has introduced numerous developments and innovative approaches towards curricular enhancement. Nowadays, concerned authorities give more importance on various approaches like personalized and project-based learning, competency-based education, and so on. However, here, another factor to be stressed upon is the necessity of high-stakes testing. Teachers and students realize that a lot is riding on their shoulders. As a result, they dedicate a lot of time and effort at home and school, preparing for the final exams every year. Many students feel determined to appear for the tests with a positive attitude, while for others, it turns into a situation of all-out test anxiety.

The ability to manage your emotions and remain calm under pressure has a direct link to your performance. TalentSmart has conducted research with more than a million people, and found that 90% of top performers are skilled at managing their emotions in times of stress in order to remain calm and in control.

Stress has a funny way of sneaking up on you when you least expect it, but how you respond is only half the battle. The secret to winning the war against stress lies in what you do when you aren’t working (and presumably aren’t as stressed). Otherwise, you fall into bad habits that can magnify your stress, rather than alleviate it. You need to shift gears to these relaxing and rejuvenating activities during your time off.

Worrying about deadlines, work flow or employee issues is natural for people working in the business world. Stress happens. You have options, though, on how you deal with stress.

Sometimes, taking a moment to recenter yourself is all you need to do: By putting things into perspective, you can find the grit to keep going. That’s not always the best course of action, though. If you find that a particular task or job regularly leaves you feeling overwhelmed, drained or quietly angry, you may want to rethink how you approach the work or even consider whether you’d be better suited for a different sort of job or different company.