EP.1141
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The Impact of Encouragement on Performance
A personal discussion about how positive reinforcement and encouragement can have unexpected negative effects on performance and motivation.
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A personal discussion about how positive reinforcement and encouragement can have unexpected negative effects on performance and motivation.
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Browse era →In this episode, the participants engage in an intimate conversation about their contrasting responses to encouragement and feedback. One speaker shares a childhood experience of receiving medication for ADHD-like symptoms and getting a "terrific kids award," only to regress when given attention for improvement. This creates a pattern where positive reinforcement leads to backward movement in performance. The other participant reveals an opposite response pattern - flourishing under encouragement but shutting down completely when criticized or discouraged. The discussion explores the psychological complexity of how different people process feedback, with one person becoming rebellious when their progress is acknowledged ("Fuck you" response to compliments) while the other thrives on positive validation but collapses under negative feedback.
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