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I am not sure on developing it, but I am good in crisis and can describe what goes through my mind.

A problem is realized. A sense of urgency develops. Assessing as fast as possible the severity, the higher the severity the less assessment needs to be done vs. moving to solving and acting.

Look for the root cause of the problem vs. effects and think of two or three routes of action, quickly. Think ~two logical steps down each route to rule out obviously bad actions. Then go with the one that is the simplest/quickest or has the best gut feeling (feeling of rightness). React.

The main thing for me, is when I get that sense of urgency, all self-concerns and distracting thoughts fall away to the process above. It is a directed panic on the inside, but to the outside observer, it looks calm and methodological. When I get to the react part, it is all I concentrate on. Panic drops for something like intense focus.

I don't know if this will help, but maybe doing similar processes for little emergencies will train your reactions for larger ones.




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