Nir EyalSpeaker on Behavioral Science, NYT Bestselling Author, Former Stanford Lecturer

The Difference With High Performers #shorts

Name: The Difference With High Performers #shorts
Uploaded: 2023-10-06T18:33:53+00:00
Duration: 37 s
Channel: Nir Eyal
Description: A short transcript from Nir Eyal explaining that high performers across fields experience the same uncomfortable emotions (boredom, loneliness, fatigue…

6 Oct 2023 · 1 min

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A short transcript from Nir Eyal explaining that high performers across fields experience the same uncomfortable emotions (boredom, loneliness, fatigue, stress, anxiety, temptation to distraction) as others but use these internal triggers as fuel to gain traction, whereas low performers escape discomfort through distraction.

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High performers utilize those uncomfortable emotional states. When you look at people at the top of their game in every field, whether it's athletics, whether it's the arts, whether it's literature, whether it's business, you will find that these folks, they feel the same thing everyone else does, right? They feel the temptation towards distraction just like everyone else. They feel boredom, they feel loneliness, they feel fatigue, they feel stress, they feel anxiety. But they utilize those sensations as rocket fuel to propel them towards traction. Whereas what low performers do, whenever they feel that discomfort, whenever they feel that internal trigger, they try and escape it with distraction.