Eli5: What happens when someone tells you you’re doing a good job, you immediately start making mistakes and messing things up?

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This is something I’ve noticed in myself and in others. I (or someone else) can be doing a stellar job, but as soon as someone mentions I’m doing great, I start messing things up, making mistakes all of time, missing important details…etc

Just wondering if there’s a science to that.

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Eleventh hour fumble is a condition in our heads in which we get into an accident and the concentration is lost at the very end. My friend was parking his sports car very near to a low stance lamborghini. We applauded because it seems like he parked it just right. Then the car went into motion and slammed the door to the other car. It’s not just an *Oopsie*. Everything went well until we jinxed it.

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