Why we choke under pressure -- and how to avoid it | Sian Leah Beilock
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When the pressure is on, why do we sometimes fail to live up to our potential? Cognitive scientist and Barnard College president Sian Leah Beilock reveals what happens in your brain and body when you choke in stressful situations, sharing psychological tools that can help you perform at your best when it matters most.
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Set the speed to 1.25x. Thank me later.
@vilaniol
5 жыл бұрын
This is important !!
@puglosipher1666
5 жыл бұрын
2.x
@KazMaw1
5 жыл бұрын
Always do that!
@martinyegon540
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you. I deduce that her normal oratory speed is to prevent her from choking in the first place. I think it is intentional.
@CaitlynBaidas
5 жыл бұрын
Omg...I wish I would have seen this before
1.Don't think just do it 2.Practice as much as you can 3.Can't find anyone to listen do it in front of mirror or camera 4.Write down your thoughts and worries in a paper just before the situation 5.Make a comfortable environment 6.Overcome your fear
@zatizunaidi327
4 жыл бұрын
Nice
@shreypatel166
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for those important points from the vid bro
@RajKumar-tk7jm
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Kapil
@mclovin9578
3 жыл бұрын
@@shreypatel166 🤣🤣🤣
@thesubhumancomedy
3 жыл бұрын
@@zatizunaidi327 Tank you! I go for gold. Never listen to others
I recently had my music students write down their pesky thoughts at a music festival spending a lot of time talking about each of them. We gathered before the concert that afternoon and after reading the written-down fears aloud (in three languages) WE BURNED THE PAPER. I can barely describe how freeing this was for ME. We danced around the small fire, joked about the thoughts (joke, not choke), promised ourselves not to let these thoughts back in. The concert was beautiful.
Imagine how awkward its gonna be if she choked during this ted talk...
@SS-hd5jx
5 жыл бұрын
lmfao awh
@shaylynnsterba
5 жыл бұрын
I think she would've glazed over it like a pro! But I know exactly what you mean! I was nervous for her.. and so relieved she delivered 😂👍
@bekakokoladze7594
5 жыл бұрын
She’s nervous. That most of the time means choking :)
@AllTheGo0dNamesRGone
4 жыл бұрын
She almost did a couple times in the beginning, can see and hear it in her voice
@modalize
4 жыл бұрын
@@AllTheGo0dNamesRGone she was remembering her choking experience u dummy (yes ! u dummy had to been added)
i got nervous when she said the coach was watching her, i never even played Soccer. Calm down Alex.
@Joeg-yz1do
2 жыл бұрын
Yo same name
@gyattgaming
3 ай бұрын
Yeah Alex
I think this concept can be used in therapy for people w/ PTSD & CPTSD. Especially when it has accumulated into a fear of failure bc shame from getting your life back on track combined w/ lack of understanding from those around u. Maybe that is why EDMR therapy seems to be so successful w/ trauma recovery therapy. Very very good talk. Made me think about many possible cognitive connections. I can relate to this concept so much it is ridiculous! Pressure is like kryptonite to me.
I don’t have social anxiety but this just happens when I get too exited, when I’m about to score a goal, I just get this rush of energy and forget my plan.
Omg I'm currently in the campus recruiting process, so stressed out and pressured every single day. This video really helps me!
This is the first TED talk that I've liked for months
My fear of maths stems from poor teaching practices. If I didn't understand something, I was shouted at and made to do more of the thing I didn't understand. When the penny finally dropped, no thanks to my teachers, or my parents really, I was given something else I didn't understand, shouted at and punished for not understanding that instead. To this day I have a visceral fear of maths and I still don't understand as much as I should, I work with 8 year olds who surpass my abilities, which hurts, and deepens my anger and resentment of 80's "one size fits all" teaching. fortunately, schools have learned a lot in the last 30 years.
@xbraac
5 жыл бұрын
Omar G Yeah. Get all A’s except for one F and you’re a failure.
That was an excellent talk, well constructed and offered advice that if implemented will definitely help. I would like to add that I feel it is imperative as you apply the suggestions mentioned, you also believe in yourself, which I think is half the battle.
I personally both thrive and fail under pressure it really depends on what it is that's pressuring me. A good example of this would be when I first started training in MMA there was one guy who could always out grapple me so I always got nervous having to go against him. However through time I changed that into motivation and as time passed I got better and better and a really surprisingly high rate it actually got to the point I had to go from kids classes to adults (I was 8 at the time) by the time I was 13 I was taking on people twice my age and half my bodyweight heavier than me. Turn your stress and anxiety into motivation by not focusing on it but by learning from it. If I can do it so can you as humans we believe that we can't do great things but we really aren't that different. Please just keep in mind that nobody is smarter or better than you at anything if you really put the time and effort into it.
@sergiokaminotanjo
5 жыл бұрын
that could be where natural skills come to play an important rol, l always felt like in my elementwhen fighting,not matter the situation, but now as a peaceful adult who loves music l always get so nervous when performing,and lcnat control it,its only get better through time and practice which was the opposite for martial arts. As they are both quite opposite disciplines.
@kylemolinari2969
5 жыл бұрын
Lmao i call bs
@MasksOfficial
5 жыл бұрын
@@kylemolinari2969 You can call whatever you want you don't know me and I don't need to prove anything to you. I know what I said was true doesn't mean you have to believe it. Can already sense you're a keyboard warrior and have achieved nothing in life that's why you're here trying to put other people down.
@kylemolinari2969
5 жыл бұрын
@@MasksOfficial lol okay
@charles2241
5 жыл бұрын
masks: I was right with you to a point, and then you went on that motivational speech nonsense at the end. What a bunch of psychobabble. I think you would be better off if you revised that and gave it a more concerted train of thought.
That math thing is absolutely correct. My father was never good at maths and he would always say how he struggled during his school days in maths. This got in my mind and I started struggling in maths I am good in high school maths but when it comes to elementary maths I still suck at it.
So basically I need to master ultra instinct
@brayan2monjaraz227
5 жыл бұрын
Chinar Vartak 😂😂😂😂
@brcoutme
5 жыл бұрын
You also need to master letting that instinct take over, even in the most important situations. The speaker focused mostly on people who already master ultra instinct, such as sports players, (most people do to some degree), but explained that when many people are under pressure they override their good instincts with less good conscious effort. This doesn't surprise me that it is a problem as a huge fan of video games I long ago discovered that I play best when most of my game is defined by instinct. It is notable though that this is especially true for timed issues and can still be complimented with appropriate amounts of conscious effort (as long as it doesn't become too much).
@HQlabs
5 жыл бұрын
@@brcoutme im assuming your not a anime fan
@brcoutme
5 жыл бұрын
@@HQlabs how in the world did you come to that assumption!? Did I miss a reference? Also how does you mind equate missing a single reference to being all of Anime!? I'm a moderate Anime fan, but I'm really curious why you would assume someone was not an Anime fan based of a single comment that had nothing to do with the subject? If someone missed a reference to One Piece, My Hero Academia, Fairy Tale, or any of the other dozens of Anime's I like I wouldn't assume they aren't an Anime fan... I wouldn't even assume they aren't a fan of that series for that matter. It might even be a reference to an Anime I like, but that doesn't change my like for anime, just because I missed a reference in a comment section of a Ted talk of all things!
@gusmoar24
3 жыл бұрын
@@brcoutme yes you did miss a reference bud
Interesting topic, but the conclusion of the talk is pretty simple. Practice under stress to do well under stress. Same thing applies to everything. You have to practice for what is going (or what you want) to happen.
@nichoudha
5 жыл бұрын
Did you miss 90% of the talk? Like wow. You didn't watch, I am convinced.
@Iukeeey
5 жыл бұрын
Another important point from this talk is to let the subconscious do its work, don't let your mind get distracted by over-concentrating on and over-complicating the basics of the task at hand
@SavvasCube
5 жыл бұрын
What do you mean? She does talk about some of the reason this happens, but the conclusion of how to overcome ''choking'' is practicing under pressure. Practicing under pressure a.k.a. preparing for stressful times, also includes the part about ''writing worries and stuff down'' and trying other things that help you in general. I could have just not answered, but i am a professional procrastinator, so i needed to waste more time :)
@Samuel-vb8ms
5 жыл бұрын
I like her conclusion way more than your simplistic statement
@conradcollaco1615
5 жыл бұрын
You see the forest, but not the trees.
Literally just failed an exam and came out to this.
@johnhardy2100
5 жыл бұрын
Nice 😂😂
@michaelguadiana8827
5 жыл бұрын
I stopped studying for my exam to watch this... lol
@thejunecooperative
5 жыл бұрын
I have had 2 exams this week and one of them was at most a B... It was math. I feel ya fam.
@moey7298
4 жыл бұрын
I dont think its because u choked
It a really scary to be in a situation and just freeze. As a child my niece jumped into the deep end of the pool and sank like a rock. My sister froze not even screaming so I dove in after her. Not exactly choking but when we get overloaded like that we tend to mess up even basic tasks.
in my opinion writing down your negative thoughts before something will only remind you more of them
I get a memory loss every now & again & I have to apply something similar to the narrative. Now I'm more aware of what I was doing it for & feel a new construct to go by thanks TED 🐻 😂
Thanks a million ! God bless you.
Perfect research, many watching this video would recollect their choking moment. I did the same. But, Math doesn't scare me at all. This research is amazing if not convincing to most, at least we would not discourage our children with the thing we are scared of.
This is helping me cope with a commemorative speech tomorrow in my Public Speaking class tomorrow.
its really helpful, thank you so much Sian Leah Beilock
I just failed my exam because I couldn’t reach my potential under pressure. I have been suffering from this pain since two weeks ago. Although I studied a lot and fried my brain, I couldn’t make good choices when I choked. This video helps me overcome my pain, and I think we should not only study but also practice training our minds to get used to stressful situations.
What bothers me most about these kind of talks is they go on and on and on without even starting in on the magical discovery until the sad reader has wasted ten minutes! Her answer is; trust your autopilot and have fun.
@patrikblommaskog6663
5 жыл бұрын
Not quite. It is more that in order to be able to rely on your autopilot for unimportant stuff so that you can spend your focus on the important matter, you need to make sure that the actual conditions get programmed into the autopilot.
@flyingknee23
Жыл бұрын
@@patrikblommaskog6663 Practice practice practice until it becomes second nature
I definitely needed this
she got so much, very useful, great.
"oh boy do i know that feeling" IM DYING
One of my favorite talks.
@Srishhdutt
5 жыл бұрын
Also you can look up to some amazing talks on TED here its like I would recommend these too yourdailywire.com/11-most-inspiring-ted-talks-youtube-videos/
This lady is brilliant.
easy to hear and easy to understand, interesting contents
Great Talk
This is great!
Aight. No more second places in Fortnite
@xingxingmo1946
5 жыл бұрын
lol
@redsolembum1040
5 жыл бұрын
haha omg fortnite is everywhere
@xingxingmo1946
5 жыл бұрын
come on, pubg time
@moey7298
4 жыл бұрын
Thats why i came here
@ryeen0284
3 жыл бұрын
Dude I came here because I choke on valorant all the time. So glad to see I’m not alone
Thank you.
Thank you so much! This helped me alot :3
I race motocross and i often think about life and other stuff during the race. I think it helped me alot. Even tho i didnt know
Great video!
experience. the mother of confidence.
Good one.
This video is an interesting subject, but the main conclusion of TED Talk is very simple. When everything is stressed, you have to avoid stress and make efforts. However, it is not easy to get rid of the stress once it is in a bad situation, but we have to try.
Lol this was recommended to me immediately after watching Conor vs Khabib
@michaelcorcoran3942
5 жыл бұрын
I searched pressure choke. I am starting to see the connection haha
Thanks.. Had Same problem..
We were playing cricket this morning and I was on the strike with 19 runs to score in the last over; I knew I could do it. I have played well before. First ball and *clean bowled*. Pressure can do a lot, people 😒
thanks
One of the primary reasons we practice is so that we can go on autopilot so we think about less at one time when the pressure is on. Practice let’s us focus one ability at a time for complicated tasks and eventually 10 hard tasks are done by one autopilot brain
Some good tips for archers.
Yes, that job interview..cried my eyes out afterwards. The pay wasn't good enough for me anyway.
Nothing strengthens self consciousness more than conscious efforts to eliminate self consciousness.
I may have to stop but pressure on myself to do great and just strive to do great
1. Practice under actual strssful conditions 2. Take deep breath, hold it and slowly release 3. Sing a song 4. Jot down thoughts and worries before a stressful event
Quite interesting
I wish more math teachers would encourage study groups. The study groups I participated in helped me to study the problems and apply the solutions. They made it possible for me to graduate.
when your squad dies and your the last one left
South African Cricket Team got a TED talk about them, nice.
relatable
When I clicked on ted.com link in the description, it went to a "don't go page" with a gray link saying go to link and a solid blue rectangle button saying go back to youtube, I think that's confusing to users, 'cos I klicked automatically on the blue button and unfair to Ted producers.
She is now president of Dartmouth. She rocks! You go, girl!!
Its soo true about professional athletes practicing their sport soo much that it becomes second nature but theres another mental aspect that they have to master... Its easier for some than others but they have to learn how keep a certain focus and level head so they dont become a victim of their own anxiety... Because if they analyzed in depth the amount of money they were making to perform they would feel pressure and that will make them think more and give them anxiety and it becomes a cycle that will take the best athlete out of their game.... 😲
I feel beey and for her
Welcome
Never felt this before in my life
@zombiemachinery4868
4 жыл бұрын
What competitive activity you perform?
Same that happen to me in math exam
May be... The secret is to focus on whole scene instead of just one aspect u r afraid of.
We choke mostly because of not breathing deep enough, this is the problem, we go to gym and train the front side of the body forgetting that the back side will pull you back and you get fucked up position, that is why most of the time I try to stretch the front side and to work the back side
Champions league final 2018 - Liverpool goalie chocked as well, its okay! :)
@zombiemachinery4868
4 жыл бұрын
He Will Always Walk Alone...
For some reason, I'm almost always calm in uncomfortable situations. I wounder why?
@smiley5401
3 жыл бұрын
Same, but I do not know what choices to make when it comes.
I guess my observation is there is No grief I made it to the field new matter what happens I have been successful
I'm starting to believe that the group of negative comentators and thumbs down when women made the talk and, even if slightly, touched a feminist subject was really all bots from the 2016 election. Wow. It's like a completely different atmosphere now in TED videos. Much less toxic.
Good talk. I’m commentor number 200!
I always say im bad at math because I was. If girls are saying it more she is missing out on the whole aspect of girls who say that to be part of the group. Guys do it too but girls do it more. Ive seen many girls who are friends say "oohh im terrible" or "ohh im not sure how that went" but they will Ace it. Its just psychological thing to be part of the group. I am sure there is truth to what she says but its important to look at all the factors
lol figure skating is constant choking for me its all u all the time constant perfection
I choked in my exam after dominating thorough out the semester
If you repeat the same word in your head over and over, you are not able to think.
I was 2 up with 3 to go yesterday lets lose 3 holes and lose the match. Im suffering today...
Hello! 💜💛
Children with selective mutism are stuck in freeze response and their voice is literally choked out in stress
Problem: 5:09 paralysis by analysis ( overattention)
I've learned that choking is only bad when your partner doesn't like it, or when they do like it but you do it too long.
@peggyharris3815
5 жыл бұрын
usg...Your intelligence got choked- off at age 11.
@deanwinchest3906
5 жыл бұрын
I hate vomit😜 I do enjoy the opposing force that results of said choke however; the recoil👉👌
@udasamr7539
5 жыл бұрын
@@peggyharris3815 your sense of humor choked at 8
@onyxrafle8066
5 жыл бұрын
I choked 8 year olds @@udasamr7539
@udasamr7539
5 жыл бұрын
@@onyxrafle8066 DUDE, i didn't expect that answer, i fucking loled to death
because we're babied as children and have no ability to improvise or think critically
0:44
A common sports analogy
She reminds me of Emilia Clarke at some moments. Am I the only one?
@Ajesen
4 жыл бұрын
Naw ure not
TL;DW Practice under stress
Tony Romo definitely would need this Ted Talk
@brucefranklin1317
Жыл бұрын
Ball was slick in the hold for kick.
I work better under pressure....
@alexp8495
5 жыл бұрын
Tell that to Android 18
someone send this to morata quick!
I wonder how many of those soccer players she had think about which side of the foot they were using weren't able to get that out of their heads afterward and had their careers ruined? 🤨
You can tell she obviously right now is thinking about her body language cause she’s “choking” and being nervous throughout the talk
I feel very bad for her
Another great example of why Ted talk is the taco bell or the mcdonalds not the healthy boujee meal it pretends to be. I compete in pool tournaments where mental game is everything. Everything she said in this vid is common knowledge even among amateurs ( APA SL6 and up ). It get much more complex than that. There are many factors, probably the most important: "if your goal is to win you're already at a disadvantage". You must convince your mind that the task at hand is as important as tying your shoelaces. There are many effective ways of accomplishing that. E.g. I believe I could make a mil as a solopreneur so if I go to a job interview I'm not nervous at all because I don't care if I get the job. All of a sudden my voice sounds more confident, I'm relaxed, and can think clearly...
@ZaidKhan-wp7ix
3 ай бұрын
Sounds like you're talking about detachment
8 mile! Anyone? Rabbit and Papa Doc
This video would have taken 10 min, but noo... its feels like “Some..times...we.....worry....”. Speed it up to 1.25 or 1.5x by the way. Helps you save time
*Football
4:15 - 4:30 yes should be subconscious
Ultra instinct in a nutcell
so Nike was right ... just do it!
How to avoid it: Don't choke.
That went very nerdy pretty quickly
this is why i have to drink to excess to talk to women.