One makes you hit a deadline, one makes you miss a putt.

The urgency/terror of a deadline brings clarity and focus. Much of the world’s great art has been delivered under enormous time pressure (See: 6 Days to Air: The Making of South Park).

One kind of stress forces us to filter out the unnecessary and embrace decisive action.

The other kind of stress causes us to miss a 2-foot putt we’ve made 999 times in a row—when money wasn’t on the line.