You start an activity, but abandon it completely. This is the Zeigarnik Hack.
Your brain flags unfinished tasks with bright flashing red markers until they are completed.
When you start a task and walk away, your brain sets a permanent waypoint marker that won't go away until you finish it.
Once the loop is open, your brain becomes obsessed with closing it.
Use that obsession to your advantage by starting a task.
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There are some really good hacks you can apply to make you work instead of being distracted and procrastinating.
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The Zeigarnik effect is our tendency to remember incomplete or interrupted tasks easier than completed tasks.
At first, the Zeigarnik Effect seems handy: We remember the things we still need to do.
The Zeigarnik effect is our tendency to remember incomplete or interrupted tasks easier than completed tasks.
At first, the Zeigarnik Effect seems handy: We remember the things we still need to do.
• But each incomplete task divides your focus, making it hard...
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