Two words will be your best friends in this situation: awareness and delegation. By awareness, I mean awareness of what is the most important task at hand. The most important task for the pilot of Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 was to fly the airplane. Instead, he got distracted by the bright shiny object (or, in this case, the lack of a bright shiny object). When you find yourself in a high-pressure situation, ask yourself, "What is the most important thing for me to focus on right now?" And... empower at least one person on your team to check you on this. If they see you cognitively tunneling down the rabbit hole, they need to be empowered to slap you (figuratively, of course) and ask you the same question: "What is the most important thing for you to focus on right now?"

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