Claire HayekFounder, Mind. Soul. Purpose (MSP) Teambuilding · Pressure-Proof Leadership | Neuroscience-based leadership

Why January Momentum Disappears (Even on Great Teams) #shorts

7 Jan 2026 · 1 min

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In this short video, the speaker explains why many individuals and teams experience a loss of momentum in January. The core argument is that after the holiday break the brain transitions from a rested state, leading to scattered focus and harder decision‑making. People often blame themselves or their teams, but the real issue is that the brain hasn't been trained to switch back into pressure. Teams that recover quickly do so by training their brains to reset rather than by pushing harder. The speaker invites viewers to a live session that will break down the neuroscience behind this transition and show how teams can work with, not fight, their brain’s natural reset process.

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Give me 20 seconds. This will save you months of frustration. January messes with more people than we admit. Your brain is coming out of rest. Focus is kind of scattered. Decisions are just harder than they should be. And then there's this quiet resistance to getting back into it, right? What I see every year is people blaming themselves or they blame their teams. But the problem isn't because we're not motivated. The brain just hasn't been trained for this switchback into pressure. The teams that actually reset faster don't push harder. They train their brain to come back online. Simple. That's why I'm hosting a short live session where I'm gonna break down what's actually happening in the brain right now and how teams work with it instead of fighting it.