The Zeigarnik Effect explains why people are haunted by unfulfilled goals and may be more apt to recall what they haven’t achieved than what they have. Some have speculated that the cognitive burden ...

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Write tomorrow’s tasks down at the end of the workday. Focus on one task at once. Create your own cliffhangers. Picture this: You’re in the middle of a new project at work and everything is just ...

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The Zeigarnik Effect is the power of unfinished business or interrupted or uncompleted activity to hold a privileged place in memory. Unfinished tasks create a cognitive burden, weigh more heavily on ...