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How to Optimize Your Daily Decisions
Set Simple Defaults for Yourself
Default: “I’ll figure it out later”
What to do instead: Set simple defaults
→ Pick a go-to breakfast. Rotate 2–3 outfits. Fewer choices = more energy for what matters.
"In the long-run (and often in the short-run), your willpower will never beat your environment. The more disciplined your environment is, the less disciplined you need to be. Don't swim upstream."
What may look like discipline often involves a carefully created environment to encourage certain behaviors. And what may look like poor choices is often just someone trying their best to use willpower and bumping up against their defaults. The people with the best defaults are typically the ones with the best environment. Sometimes it’s part of a
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