Performing Under Pressure

Performing under pressure is similar in business and athletics.  Keys: stay hydrated and pace yourself... Pace yourself and recover like a boss. 

Further reading:

http://www.journals.elsevierhealth.com/periodicals/applan/article/S0168-1591(99)00088-X/abstract

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yerkes%E2%80%93Dodson_law

http://www.mendeley.com/research/14-drew-attention-r-evance-long-dson-law-1-connection/

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/(SICI)1099-1077(199705/06)12:3%3C249::AID-HUP865%3E3.0.CO;2-J/abstract