552 - How to Combat Decision Fatigue
Tiny Leaps, Big Changes
English - June 26, 2020 18:57 - 15 minutes - 14 MB - ★★★★ - 853 ratingsMental Health Health & Fitness business marketing entrepreneur leadership entrepreneurship health finance career investing money Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this episode, we talk about decision fatigue.
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What is Decision Fatigue?
"As it turns out, your willpower is like a muscle. And similar to the muscles in your body, willpower can get fatigued when you use it over and over again. Every time you make a decision, it’s like doing another rep in the gym. And similar to how your muscles get tired at the end of a workout, the strength of your willpower fades as you make more decisions." - James Clear
Everyone has a reserve of mental energy, and each decision draws on it
The more decisions you make, the less mental energy you have
Two Ways to Avoid It:
Proactive: Optimizing your day to day routine to reduce unnecessary decisions (the president)
Choose your outfit the night before
Set out clothes for workouts
Meal prep
Reactive: Giving yourself space to reset and improve decision making (taking a break)
Do something fun
Take a break
Stop for the day
Key Takeaways:
1. Plan to make decisions early in the day
2. Make small decisions ( like what to wear) ahead of time
3. Avoid impulse decisions
Resources:
https://jamesclear.com/willpower-decision-fatigue