On a crew, one person rowing harder than everyone else just pulls the boat off line. Pressure needs rhythm, not ego.

Extra effort in the wrong relation to everyone else is not a contribution, it is a disturbance. A boat needs the strokes matched, so the strongest person pulling harder than the rhythm costs speed rather than adding it. The instinct under pressure is to go bigger on your own, which feels like responsibility and reads to everyone else as a problem. Synchronised beats strong.

In the next group task that is going badly, resist taking over and ask what the rhythm is instead. Who does what, at what pace, by when. Matching it is usually worth more than doubling your own output.