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If Apple stopped making it look like they’re running the App Store primarily to maximize their own revenue from it, regulators and lawmakers might stop thinking that Apple is running the App Store primarily to maximize their own revenue from it.

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The second way that people self-handicap is by coming up with justifications for their potential failures, so that if they do not succeed in the task, they can point to their excuses as the reasons for their failures. This is known as claimed self-handicapping, in which the individual merely states that an obstacle to performance exists. Examples of claimed self-handicaps include declarations that one is experiencing physical symptoms.

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Writers often talk about falling into one of two camps when it comes to tackling a novel. "Plotters" prefer to outline as much as possible ahead of time and write with a clear sense of where the story is going. "Pantsers" argue that an outline is stifling, or that they can't envision the ending until they reach it. Flying by the seat of their pants provides the spontaneity they need for a creative rush.

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