In this episode, we cover a topic that hits all of us. It is unavoidable. Pressure! Pressure! Pressure!

On December 11, 2011, RGIII won the Heisman Trophy and included in his speech, “Great things don’t happen without hard work . . . the hotter the heat, the harder the steel. No pressure. No diamonds. We compete. We win.”

The guest today is Bruce Pulver, Author of Above the Chatter, Our Words Matter, Ted x Speaker, and Acrostic Extraordinaire, and Co-Host of the podcast, “Can I Have a Word with You?”

Bruce can be reached at:

For speaking and the book: abovethechatterourwordsmatter.com

Facebook and IG: above_the_chatter_bruce_pulver

LinkedIn: Bruce Pulver

Host: Collin Harbour

Bruce is a guy that is on a journey to everyday try to get closer to and reach more of his potential. It’s a struggle. It’s a journey. He tries to help others and bring them along in his journey.

Bruce says that in business and everyday life that we’ve got to do the hard things and it takes the right mindset. The easy things have already been done. We have to embrace the fact that where the struggle comes, when the challenge comes, that we need to take ownership.

A stumbling block can become a steppingstone.

Dealing with extreme pressure can be accomplished by:

• Getting grounded
• Relaxing
• Stepping back

Quotes on Pressure:

Pressure is a word that is misused in our vocabulary. When you start thinking of pressure, it's because you've started to think of failure.

Tommy Lasorda

Everything negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise.

Kobe Bryant

The only thing that relieves pressure is preparation.

Tom Kite

No matter how tough, no matter what kind of outside pressure, no matter how many bad breaks along the way, I must keep my sights on the final goal, to win, win, win-and with more love and passion than the world has ever witnessed in any performance.

Billie Jean King

To be under pressure is inescapable. Pressure takes place through all the world; war, siege, the worries of state. We all know men who grumble under these pressures and complain. They are cowards. They lack splendour. But there is another sort of man who is under the same pressure but does not complain, for it is the friction which polishes him. It is the pressure which refines and makes him noble.

Saint Augustine