<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Encouragement can improve performance when it... > Encouragement can improve performance when it increases confidence, focus, persistence, or perceived support. The useful claim is not that praise creates unlimited strength, but that social context changes which capacities a person can recruit under pressure. **Source:** [[livestreams/Belief, Language, and the Psychosomatic Feedback Loop - Workbook|Belief, Language, and the Psychosomatic Feedback Loop]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Encouragement can improve performance when it increases confidence, focus, persistence, or perceived support. The useful claim is not that praise creates unlimited strength, but that social context changes which capacities a person can recruit under pressure.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-encouragement-improve-performance-recruit-under-pressure ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->