b) Yes, i meant that there likely is an effect different from fear of loss of life, but an effect nonetheless. You can call it subconscious. c) Unless you are

b) Yes, i meant that there likely is an effect different from fear of loss of life, but an effect nonetheless. You can call it subconscious. c) Unless you are very intelligent with enough life experience (not plenty -- just enough), and have a carefully thought-out plan, wholly focusing on a single task is rarely beneficial (and could have been detrimental in the prehistoric times to other important tasks such looking out for predators/danger and finding mates). If you have a great idea for a startup -- go focus on it -- but just to put it in a perspective, great ideas/plans are so rare and hard to come by (as demonstrated by 95% of the population not being entrepreneurs) that 95% of the time your brain is probably justified in critiquing your commitment to anything. At this stage in my life (I'm 28) I feel secure and confident in myself to wholly immerse myself into the tech business, but before that I went through a long period of low motivation which was most likely due to not feeling confident enough about any particular career decision.