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How to Optimize Your Daily Decisions
Making a better decision is easy and natural when the cues for good habits are right in front of you.
James Clear • Atomic Habits: the life-changing million-copy #1 bestseller
Every day, we make decisions. These require effort, and there’s probably a finite amount of energy available for these focused choices.
That’s why our digital habits matter. Not to save us five or ten minutes a day, but to save us from a few hundred unimportant decisions that break our flow.
For example, if instead of trying to come up with a unique ... See more
That’s why our digital habits matter. Not to save us five or ten minutes a day, but to save us from a few hundred unimportant decisions that break our flow.
For example, if instead of trying to come up with a unique ... See more
Digital shortcuts and cognitive load
Britt Gage added
How can I systematically reduce decision fatigue in my daily life through habits, routines, and decision-making frameworks?"
Notion – The all-in-one workspace for your notes, tasks, wikis, and databases.
Redesign your life so the actions that matter most are also the actions that are easiest to do. ■ Human behavior follows the Law of Least Effort. We will naturally gravitate toward the option that requires the least amount of work. ■ Create an environment where doing the right thing is as easy as possible. ■ Reduce the friction associated with good
... See moreJames Clear • Atomic Habits: the life-changing million-copy #1 bestseller
Like a Japanese television manufacturer redesigning their workspace to reduce wasted motion, successful companies design their products to automate, eliminate, or simplify as many steps as possible. They reduce the number of fields on each form. They pare down the number of clicks required to create an account. They deliver their products with easy
... See moreJames Clear • Atomic Habits: the life-changing million-copy #1 bestseller
Overchoice and How to Avoid it
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Jacob Pettit added
Most of our everyday choices are between similar things; what movie to watch, what brand of toothpaste to buy. Fredkin’s paradox states that the more similar two choices seem, the less the decision should matter, yet the harder it is to choose between them. As a result, we often spend the most time on the decisions that matter least.