Why did you come to ? https://www.phantomconnections.space/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=751595&p=861300 leche69 But there's the same flaw in your reasoning as in the monkey study - human executives aren't chosen at random either. Couldn't the results of the British study be explained by assuming the people who moved up the hierarchy were the ones best equipped to thrive under stress? I'm willing to bet people with the higher levels of anxiety tend not to be promoted as often.