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fromSilicon Canals
1 day ago

This simple end-of-day ritual could make you 22% better at your job - Silicon Canals

A daily 15-minute end-of-day reflection ritual reduces work-related rumination and improves performance by about 22% while helping create a clear work-life boundary.
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Getting Beyond Regret: How to Finish the Projects You Start

Lingering tasks make us feel bad. The Zeigarnik effect, first documented by psychologist Bluma Zeigarnik a century ago: explains that unfinished tasks stick in memory better than completed ones, creating a cognitive burden and potential anxiety trigger. Research shows that incomplete tasks cause rumination and might even disrupt sleep patterns. We also have a natural drive to finish what we start, because abandoning tasks feels
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fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Your Brain on Perpetual Beta

Accumulated unfinished commitments create completion debt that occupies working memory and increases psychological burden as AI accelerates tasks but multiplies obligations.
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