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LESSON 7 · Tame the Anxiety Monster

PAUSE TO THINK

Why do many athletes deliberately get amped up before competing?

Simple practiced tasks can tolerate high arousal

The inverted-U idea is most useful as a task-specific heuristic. Simple, well-practiced physical tasks may tolerate more arousal than delicate or complex thinking work.

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