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Are You Ready for a Fresh Start? (Ep. 455 Replay)

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How a Fresh Start Can Have a Positive Effect on Performance

Hang chen di is a former student of katy milkman's at the wharton school. She wanted to know whether a reset affected overall performance, and if so, whether there was a difference if before the reset, the participant was doing well in the game or doing poorly. Di studied major league baseball because players are traded across lakes during the regular season. For instance, say a player had a season to date batting average right before trades as 275. If that same two 75 batter is traded from one american league team to another American League team, his batting average doesn't get reset. Regression wasn't the only thing di found; she also looked at people who were

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