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 ′′ In 1950, Curt Richter, a college professor, conducted a grisly experiment with rats to study how long they could survive before drowning.

First he took a dozen rats, put them in glass jars, filled them with water and watched them drown. The jugs were too big, so the rats couldn't grab the sides, or jump out.

On average, they stopped resisting after about 15 minutes.

But then Richter put a spin on his experiment.

Just before they died of fatigue, researchers removed the rats from the jars, dried them up, and let them rest for a few minutes to put them back inside for a second round.

How long do you think the rats lasted? Another 15 minutes? 10 minutes? 5? No, 60 hours.

Not a mistake, rats swam for 60 hours.

Results showed th

at after ′′ saving ′′ rats just before they drowned, they made them swim approximately 240 more times when they were put back inside the jar.

There was a rat that swam for 81 hours.

The bottom line is that the rats believed they were going to be rescued, and that's why they continued swimming at a level that was previously thought to be impossible.

This story is often explained in positive psychology as an example of the importance of ′′ hope and optimism ".

It's obvious that most people can do more when they receive encouragement or encouragement, and stop or abandon when they have no hope or enough appreciation."

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