While those with high performance variance are 81% more likely than those with low variance to win a high-stakes competition in which only the top 1/4 win, they are 17% less likely to pass a test in which the bottom 1/4 fail. New Product Development and competitions in general are situations similar to the former, while School Tests are situations similar to the latter.

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