[skohan]

Yeah this is a lesson I learned during the NBA playoffs sometime in the mid 00's - I was supporting the Cavs, and the whole series was hanging on a 3 foul shots by Lebron James. I was watching in a bar, and was super agitated along with everyone in the bar, and everyone in the arena as we could see on TV. But I noticed that James him self was completely stone-faced and calm. And I realized in that moment, that all this agitation wasn't actually useful, and would not affect the outcome. And even if I were the one in position to affect the outcome, that kind of agitation would actually make things worse.

That said, I've had colleagues who could probably do with a bit more shame. Confidence and self-assuredness is great for self-promotion, but if you can continuously produce shitty output with a smile on your face I don't want to work with you.