In this week's SportSquire Wellness Corner, Brad highlights the work done by Russian Psychologist Bluma Zeigarnik who discovered sitting in a 1920's diner that waiters/waitresses could remember complex orders and unpaid meals but once the orders were filled and paid the servers were unable to recall detailed information about the orders. This observation led her to study the effect that incomplete tasks can have on recall and therefore create "cognitive stress".
Takeaway:
1.) Create A Plan and Stick To It: Since your brain creates cognitive stress to help you remember you need to complete unfinished tasks, make a plan for how and when you are going to complete the task. Your brain is not great for RAM or Storage so get your tasks out of your head and on to paper or your calendar. I highly recommend a book by David Allen called Getting Stuff Done: The Art of Stress Free Productivity. In the book, he speaks to this concept of unloading your brain on a regular basis and strategies to organize tasks to reduce stress.
Implement this strategy this week and see how much better you feel! This will help clear some mental space and allow you to spend more time on YOU through exercising, spending time with the family, or other activities you enjoy.
Make it a great week!
