Under Pressure

People often confront fear and pressure with trembling limbs and shaking shoulders. When the stakes for a particular item was high, people experiences the heart-pounding fear that as many described " the most painful endurance of a lifetime". Despite of their vivid description of being under pressure, most people generally seemed to perform far better under stress when the stakes are high. You would expect to see the test results of a kid's midterm being far better than an in class work that will not be graded by the teacher and you may also expect a student to study for his or her studies exams as diligently as they ever could the day before the tests when weeks ago they mindlessly studied with extreme low efficiency. Being able to perform under pressure is actually one of the defining characteristics for success in some careers such as Performing, Engineering...etc. Some qualities that enabled people to perform well when facing heart pounding fear or stress were pride, wanting to succeed, and calamity. One had to pride his or herself to a certain extent to ensure that he or her actually had a shot at whatever challenge laid ahead. One had to want to succeed, bad. Yearn for succession will be the major force behind one's trembling body, you have to want it. LAstly, One had to possesses  calamity so they won't literally pass out in the presence of pressure. This is a " well duh" statement so I won't spend further of my valuable time and yours elaborating on that topic. I've had many experiences of coping well under pressure. I remembered when I was in fifth grade, I had to make an impromptu speech in front of the whole school. Even under the immense pressure, I managed to do pretty well on that one. There are even more examples of well stress coping in books and literatures. Taking Artemis Fowl from the ingenious Artemis Fowl series, being a thirteen year old criminal mastermind, Artemis had to confront many dangers that could bring an adult down to his knees with calamity and a winning smile. Needless for me to say, he was excellent under pressure and probably liked it a lot. Sometimes I wished I could be like Artemis, always so calm even during the most heart pounding situations.