Item examples include "I can deal with whatever comes," "I tend to bounce back after illness or hardship," and "I can stay focused under pressure".
You should also show that you can be calm and focused under pressure.
His book The Wisdom of Psychopaths insists that individuals with "a distinct subset of personality characteristics such as ruthlessness, fearlessness, self-confidence, focus, coolness under pressure, mental toughness and a zero-calorie conscience" are needed for economies to grow and governments to flourish.
Ernst & Young said the problems with the weak housing market and low consumer confidence had put Focus under "considerable pressure".
Republicans argue that meeting every other year prevents the Legislature from passing frivolous bills, forces lawmakers to focus under considerable deadline pressure and keeps part-time legislators from becoming full-time politicians.
(focus group F) "You feel as if you're taking up his time...that makes you feel under pressure" (focus group B); "...at your own GP there's... the file... before you're... and you're "I forgot about that" but you're out the door" (focus group A).
With his laser-sighted focus, a cool head under pressure and penchant for natty waistcoats, David Tennant sometimes seemed to be playing Kilgrave as the world's most malevolent snooker pro.
And Labour, which had criticised the media for failing to focus on policy, came under pressure from journalists who tried in vain to get the business secretary, Lord Mandelson, to spell out the party's plans for cutting public spending after the election.
Over the next few months, he responded well because his actions were guided by the five traits of people who are great under pressure: focus, discipline, adaptability, being present and a mix of entrepreneurial desire and fear of losing his business.
Consequently, we also suggest that future experimental research on the ecological impacts of parasitism should examine potential impacts outside the breeding season, and should focus on populations already under pressure due to other ecological factors where these effects are likely to be more pronounced.
Here the book continues to investigate the fracturing of personalities under pressure, focusing on Billy Prior, a bisexual working-class officer who has begun to experience 'fugue states', following which he can remember nothing of his actions.
