Let me share something with you that I've been working on: slow down.

I know these are hectic times, I know you have a lot to do, I know it's snowing. But take your time. Think about your decisions, think about what will happen after your decisions, think about other ways you could achieve the same thing. Relax: stop freaking out. Guage your level of concern against your level of impact. When was the last time you took a deep breath? Do that. Stand up, roll your shoulders, walk around the room. Look out the window. Think about your task list - can you relax any of those items? Do any have long-term implications that you haven't explored? Maybe you need to do something a bit later to think out those long-term implications a bit more. There's nothing wrong with planning. Planning and a slight delay are way better than no planning, insta-service, and trouble later.

Think about the people around you. Everybody wants what they want. Everybody thinks their own thing is as important as your own thing. Take a look at it from a higher altitude: what are the really important pieces? Everybody has an opinion, but which opinions reflect the greatest common good, or the greatest positive impact? Which are the quick wins? Which are the big wins? Which aren't really wins at all?

Keep looking out that window. Watch the snow. It'll come to you.

"Breathe, man, relax!" - Mark Brown in How to Piss Under Pressure