And, so, theadvice I'd givetomyselfisthat I should, kindof, juststopthinkingaboutmakingprogressonthething, andactuallystarttoactuallymakeprogressonthething.
There's anothercoolseriesofexperiments, wheretheygot a bunchofthirstypeoplein a roomtogether, andtheyaskedthemtovisualizewhatitwaslikedrinking a glassofcoldwater.
Andtheresearchersfoundthatforthepeoplewhovisualizeddrinkingthedrink, theirenergylevelsandmotivationtoactuallyget a drinkfellbecausethey'd alreadyvisualizedhavingthisdrink.
So, thepositivefeelingsandpositivethinkinggiveus... givesusthiskindoffullsenseofsecurity, wherewethinkthatwe'redoingwellandwe'reachievingstuff, buttherealityiscompletelydifferent.
And, so, ifyou'rethesortofpersonwhofeelsparticularlyanxious, thenastheearlieststudythatwementioned a whileagoshowed, positivethinkingcanhelpreducethatanxiety.
Buttheproblemisthatifyouwanttodosomethingthatrequirestakingactionand, like, being a go-getter, thenin a way, thatslightsenseofanxietyisquiteusefulas a thingthathelpsimproveourperformance.
Like, inuh... inmedschoolwhen I waspreparingforexamsontheexamswhere I waslike, "Oh, I gotthis, it's gonnabe a breeze," I endedupbeingquitecomplacentinthewaythat I wasstudying.
Whereasontheexamswhere I waslike, "Okay, thisisactuallykindofhard."
一方、「これはちょっと難しいな」と思った試験では、
I have, like, some, like, slightlevelofanxietyandstressaroundthisexamthatmeantthat I wasputtinginmoreeffortintostudyingforthem, whichmeant I endedupdoingbetter.
若干の不安やストレスがあったため、より力を入れて勉強し、結果的に良い成績を残すことができました。
Equally, thesedayswhen I runmycourse, thePart-timeYouTubeAcademy, I alwayshavethisslightsenseofanxietyof, a, whatifnoonesignsuptoit, and b, whatifthecourseisbad?
Andthatmeans I put a hugeamountoftimeandeffortintomarketingthecourse, and, like, spendingtonsandtonsandtonsoftime, reallyrefiningthematerialandtryingtomakeitasgoodasitcanpossiblybe.
And I thinkif I didn't havethatanxiety, if I... if I was a bitmorecomplacent, if I was a littlebitlessanxiousabouttheoutcomes, then I would'veputsomuchlesseffortintoit.
Now, in a coupleofdifferentstudies, researchersfoundthatbysettinglowexpectationsandenvisioningworst-casescenarios, defensivepessimistsoptimizetheirperformanceon a varietyoftasksfromdotsandmathsproblemstofulfillingreal-lifegoals.
Andhowthatactuallypotentiallytranslatesto a real-worldhealthoutcome.
それが実際の健康結果に結びつく可能性があるというのは、ちょっと興味深いですね。
Andso, negativevisualizationisgreat.
それで、ネガティブビジュアライゼーションは素晴らしい。
Like, I dothisallthetime, where I think, like, whenever I'm makingdecisions, I think, "Okay, whatistheabsoluteworst-casescenariohere? Whatarethethingsthatcouldgowrong?"
Um, and a, usually I findoutthatthosethingsaren't actuallysobad, like, if I gotrejected, orif I, like, youknow, a thing, a YouTubevideodoesn't workout, orifsomeoneleaves a negativecomment, like, thesethingsreallyaren't thatbad.