Ryan DohrnPresident/Founder, Brain Swell Media · Keynote Speaker - Emmy Winner - Billion Dollar Sales Coach - Niche Media Conference Owner - Media Revenue Strategist

Boost Productivity: The Power of Taking Breaks! #shorts

22 Aug 2026 · 1 min

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In this short video, the speaker argues that neglecting to take breaks during the workday harms both physical and mental performance. He explains that continuous work causes the brain to overheat and prevents it from cooling down. While emphasizing that he is not a psychologist, psychiatrist, neuroscientist, or neurosurgeon, he draws on personal experience and observations of his clients. He notes that individuals who schedule and actually take breaks remain vibrant and productive into the afternoon, whereas those who power through without breaks become exhausted and ineffective by 2–3 p.m.

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Friends, when you don't take breaks, you do cause yourself physical harm. Your brain heats up, it doesn't have a chance to cool down. Now, I'm not a psychologist, I'm not a psychiatrist, and I'm not a neuroscientist or a neurosurgeon or anything like that. I'm just telling you my observation. My observation of the clients that I work with and myself, those that schedule breaks and actually come off task and actually take breaks, Those are the people that are still vibrant in the afternoon. Those that are just like literally just powering through and never taking a break, by 2 or 3 o'clock in the afternoon, they are exhausted and kind of worthless later on in the day.