#29 - The Relationship Between Performance and Anxiety

In this episode, you'll learn about...

- the Yerkes-Dodson curve and what it means for your anxiety/performance

- why you have poor performance in both high AND low anxiety states

- why moderate levels of anxiety are actually ideal for peak performance

- practical ways to either decrease your high anxiety or increase your low pressure state so that you can get to the moderate level of anxiety and achieve peak performance

- additional tips for how to handle new, intellectually demanding tasks vs monotonous, repetitive tasks

See visual referenced in episode here: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Illustration-of-Yerkes-Dodson-law-1_fig1_320592240

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