244. Decision Fatigue (Refreshed Episode)

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Decisions are everywhere — we are making them all day long. Even if you know you are making a lot of decisions, you probably don’t grasp the full weight of them. Think about yesterday, how many decisions can you remember making? How many decisions do you make on an average day?</span></p> <p><strong>Research shows that people make 35,000 decisions every single day! </strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Can you believe it? Clearly, the bulk of those are done subconsciously as we couldn’t exist if we had to do all of those on a conscious level. So, how do we make better decisions? What happens when we make too many decisions? Is there a point in the day when we have hit our decision number and it’s all downhill from there? Or is there an opportunity to recharge those batteries and have a second wind? </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">When do we reach the point of decision fatigue and what can we do to avoid it? That’s what this episode is all about. This refreshed episode originally came out on Christmas day, 2020 (at the end of a year full of decision fatigue). It includes tips for making better decisions around the holidays and is useful all year round. Ready to optimize your decisions? Listen in…</span></p> <h3><span style="font-weight: 400;">Show Notes:</span></h3> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">[00:39] Today’s episode is all about decision fatigue.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">[03:21] We humans make an incredible number of decisions each day. </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">[04:48] We all make about 35,000 decisions every single day. Some of those are big choices evaluated by our conscious brain but over 90% are made by your subconscious. </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">[05:51] As you begin to get fatigued, you rely on your subconscious rules of thumb to make decisions. You’ll be more cautious and make decisions that are risk-averse without even noticing the change in your behavior. </span>