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Comment by layer8

18 hours ago

I suspect it's because of fear of failure, as failure is more consequential the more important the task is.

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pfannkuchen  30 minutes ago

For me it’s inverted. I have a hard time doing anything until failure is a concrete possibility. Then I become incredibly motivated to not fail.

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