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

Your brain performs best when it completes things

19 May 2026 · 1 min

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Your brain works better when you finish what you start. Before you reach for your phone, pause and notice what task or thought feels unfinished. Complete it first.

What is the moment right before your hand reaches for your phone? I think it's so automatic. If you can just stop and notice that moment, right, just right before you're like, you see yourself reaching for your phone and then you stop and you're like, okay, I'm gonna pause right there. Okay? I want you to ask yourself, what feels unfinished right now? Before I reach out to my phone, what was I doing and what can I complete right now?

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