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every human is acting in something they swear is just life.
means The act of carrying out a task, role, or artistic work, or how well something or someone functions while doing so.
from From the Old French 'parfournir,' meaning to complete or carry out fully — 'par' (through, thoroughly) plus 'fournir' (to furnish, accomplish). It entered English as 'performen,' first about getting a thing properly done; the theatrical sense of acting before an audience grew later, fittingly making 'performance' a word that means both honest labor and pretending.
- stage fright
- triggers the same fight-or-flight as facing a predator
- the mask
- sociologist Goffman called all daily life a performance
- peak nerves
- slight anxiety actually improves performance, total calm doesn't
- muscle memory
- experts perform best when they stop consciously thinking
- placebo power
- belief in skill measurably boosts actual results