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This topic has always fascinated me. I've always been amazed that in motorcycle and car racing, the field is separated by mere tenths of a second in qualifying. When you think of all the variables involved, and the fact that they occur over a length of say, 3 miles, .1 or .2 difference makes no sense. I believe it is more of a human factor, and the need to do "just enough". This also translates to other functions in life, like making money, relationships, your personal weight, fitness and diet, etc.

Of course, there have been people who do extraordinary things, and I believe that they might be immune to this syndrome, and somehow are able to extract something extra from within themselves, through training, education, curiosity, perseverance, etc. But, they seem to be the rare case.

Why then, knowing we have such a short time here, do we do just enough to get by?