The regular result of being faced with doing a task that’s uncomfortable, that your nervous you’ll screw up, that’s maybe something new for you? You have to pee.
Of course there are other reactions too: Check email, get something to drink, grab a different pen, ask your coworker how their evening was, check in on a project that’s on someone else’s plate, check email again, etc,.
You can work to motivate yourself to do what you need to do. For some that’s enough. But for those who it doesn’t work for, my advice is: don’t go to the bathroom.
Instead, spend your energy not doing the task that will take you away from doing what matters. See how long you can hold it. Test yourself how long you can forgo checking email. It’s a mental game, but it works.
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