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  2. Opinion: The lost art of waiting in line - AOL

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    You can even avoid the line to see Santa by purchasing a photo package in advance. When did the act of waiting get such a bad rap? As a practicing psychologist, the concept of waiting is a major ...

  3. Procrastination - Wikipedia

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    Procrastination is the act of unnecessarily delaying or postponing something despite knowing that there could be negative consequences for doing so. It is a common human experience involving delays in everyday chores or even putting off tasks such as attending an appointment, submitting a job report or academic assignment, or broaching a stressful issue with a partner.

  4. Analysis paralysis - Wikipedia

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    Analysis paralysis is a critical problem in athletics. It can be explained in simple terms as "failure to react in response to overthought". A victim of sporting analysis paralysis will frequently think in complicated terms of "what to do next" while contemplating the variety of possibilities, and in doing so exhausts the available time in which to act.

  5. 8 Genius Tricks That Actually Work When Playing Hard To Get ...

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    "The chase is exhilarating, especially if you like the person doing the chasing. It can make you feel adored and even valued," says Dr. Michele Leno, Ph.D., a psychologist and founder of DML ...

  6. Ironic process theory - Wikipedia

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    Ironic process theory (IPT), also known as the Pink elephant paradox [1] or White bear phenomenon, suggests that when an individual intentionally tries to avoid thinking a certain thought or feeling a certain emotion, a paradoxical effect is produced: the attempted avoidance not only fails in its object but in fact causes the thought or emotion to occur more frequently and more intensely. [2]

  7. How Kara Lawson’s ‘Handle Hard Better’ mantra pushed Duke ...

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    Lawson gave the team speech in the summer of 2022, unintentionally coining the phrase “handle hard better.” It wasn’t something she went around saying — it happened organically. “We all ...

  8. Hold-up problem - Wikipedia

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    The hold-up problem is a situation where two parties may be able to work most efficiently by cooperating but refrain from doing so because of concerns that they may give the other party increased bargaining power and thus reduce their own profits.

  9. The line from the film that has stuck with me most, after two viewings, is the one that makes this point most explicit: When Mona, closing the attic door on adult Beau, hisses after him, "Don't ...