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When your life depends on something, nerves will kick in and prevent you from doing well. Ok? I can't find the article on google now, but the experiment was don
by xiaodai 8y ago
When your life depends on something, nerves will kick in and prevent you from doing well. Ok? I can't find the article on google now, but the experiment was done in India where a worker will be given the equivalent of one year of salary if they can perform a simple tasks. Before being told the stakes were so highly, many could complete, but after being told about the potential reward, almost none can do it.
- dooglius 8y agoIt's an English idiom, see https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/if+his+life+depended+on+it https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/if+his+life+depended+on...
- xiaodai 8y agoI know. Just pointing out that it's not scientific. People use that to mean it's important, and hence will bring out your best. But the opposite is true scientifically.