And since a young man is more likely to suffer from performance anxiety if he's under pressure, this insistence on sex is doubly powerful.

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Not only can you not be worried about the economy or the environment, but you are battling nerves, performance anxiety and bouts of insecurity.

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High-style watches without the performance anxiety.

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Call it performance anxiety.

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The second is a performance-based anxiety, usually the fear of public speaking or the fear of being asked to perform in front of a group.

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Others use beta-blockers to overcome the anxiety and stress of performance.

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The time in the business world where managers and employees face, often with anxiety, year-end performance appraisals.

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But "instead of discussion about how to enhance people's performance, the reviews caused disruptions, anxiety and demotivated team members and managers, " says Joris Luijke, the company's vice president of talent.

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When anxiety gets too high, performance suffers instead.

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Combine negative sub growth and weak EPS performance, and you have the perfect formula for investor anxiety about the state of the pay TV business.

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He creates intense anxiety in others, ostensibly to generate ideas and improve people's performance.

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