Preaching Under Pressure

If ridiculous deadlines knot your gut and give you tunnel vision causing you to miss even basic errors, this is for you. But even if you're an adrenaline junkie, needing the pressure to perform, it'll help you, too, because it's all about process.
Clear, familiar processes are lifesavers when you're under pressure and not thinking straight. So, as pilots practice emergency drills until they're second nature, try to internalize the process below - print it, look at it daily, use it often - so that when you're under the pump you'll do it automatically.
Here's a summary of the first four steps of the process:
1.Objective: Clarify what you want to achieve. "Begin with the end in mind" (Stephen Covey).
2.Readers: Stand in their shoes. If you were them, what would interest you about this?
3.Dump: Do a brain dump. Quickly jot down your points as bullets, in any order.
4.Signpost: Next, highlight your major points and write snappy subheads above them.