… human unconscious mind has an irresistible need for closure. If you did, you understand why you have felt an involuntary, maybe overwhelming urge to keep going after you read the title of this post.
In 1927, Gestalt psychologist Kurt Lewin noticed that waiters have a much clearer recollection of still unpaid orders. His student at the time, Russian psychologist Blyuma Zeigarnik went on to study the phenomenon. What she found is: People remember incomplete tasks much more easily than completed ones. This is now called the “Zeigarnik effect”.
Want to know the whole story? Watch the short video below.
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