Throughout human history, our population has included a mix of different genetic skillsets for the overall survival of the tribe. In the modern era, these skills manifest from the COMT gene, with those who perform at their highest level with pressure, deadlines, and thrills, and those who thrive in low-pressure, quiet environments to work longer on complex issues.
For warriors, having deadlines and steady pressure may prove to be advantageous for their genotype to continually produce and perform at a high level. Monotonous tasks and low-pressure environments could even prove detrimental to warriors, preventing the individual’s gifts to shine.
This hypothesis was tested with pilots put through intense flight simulations. As expected, the warriors outperformed the worriers in each test. However, with more experience, the worriers started outperforming the warriors as the worrier’s stress response went down and their cognitive advantages began to show.
For worriers, your thought process is useful in complex environments that require maximal performance in terms of memory and attention for survival. Monotonous tasks and low-pressure environments could even prove successful to worriers, elevating the individual’s gifts to shine.
The question is, which one are you?
