Stressed or Pressured? Which is which? In a corporate world, you might hear some sayings that being stressed is bad and being pressured is better than the latter. Why is that? But what do you really feel? According to the dictionary, stressed is defined as "experiencing mental or emotional strain or tension". While, Pressured is described as a "compelling or constraining influence, such as persuasion or negative attitudes, on the mind or will." But if you are familiar to the engineering definition of both words, then at least you will have an idea why being pressured is better than being stressed. This is the reason why usually you will hear that it is better to be pressured. Here are the definition of Stress and Pressure according to principle of Physics. Stress - It is the intensity of the INTERNAL resisting force, developing at a point. It can be acting normal (90 degrees), parallel to the surface or both. Pressure - It is the intensity of the EXTERNAL resistin
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