Picture a coach calling the play. A dozen options are live on the field. Someone has to actually pick one and commit — or nothing happens at all, no matter how good the options were.
Executive control is that pick, and the commitment that follows it.
In a relay race, the baton has to actually get passed hand to hand, or all the running before it was wasted. Deciding is the handoff. Following through is finishing the leg.
This isn't about being a rigid planner, or never being spontaneous. It's choosing one thing out of many, then actually carrying it through.
Two questions. Not a test — just locking in what you just read.
In the relay-race metaphor, what does 'following through' represent?
What is executive control really about, according to this lesson?
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Keep stacking reps like this, and something starts adding up. That's not by accident.