How to Make Smarter Decisions by Designing Your Defaults
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Default choices
90% of your daily decisions happen automatically, many shaped by your environment. Thus, most decisions are a habit, not a deliberate choice.
To make smarter choices, design smarter defaults. And habits can be developed by shaping the invisible defaults of your life.
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Designing your life
Design your life like a choice architect:
- Encourage smarter decisions you want to do by making them more accessible.
- Add friction to habits you want to quit, making them less accessible, or remove the option to perform them completely.
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“First, never underestimate the power of inertia. Second, that power can be harnessed.”
RICHARD THALER
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Eat healthier
- Don't keep in the house food that isn’t on your diet or you know is unhealthy.
- Buy items from the outer edges of the grocery store. The aisles are usually used for junk and processed foods.
- Trick your brain into eating less by using smaller plates and bowls.
- Plan and prep your meals in advance so you always know what to eat each day.
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Exercise more
- Use a gym partner to create accountability and make sure you exercise.
- Lay out your workout clothes the night before and put them in a visible place.
- Park your car at a healthy distance from your destination.
- Take the stairs when you can.
- Stand up during meetings at work.
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Spend less
- Use cash for your daily expenses by default.
- Never buy something on impulse. Think about how many hours it took you to earn that money.
- Go for quality, not quantity.
- Stick to the list when grocery shopping.
- Go to the supermarket when you are full.
- Cancel unused subscriptions and everything you can live without.
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Deep work
- Work in full-screen mode to remove all distractions and focus on the task at hand.
- Always wear headphones.
- Plan your entire week on Sunday.
- Listen to the same song on repeat. It help you lose track of time and focus on your task.
- Design productivity spaces for different types of work.
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Productivity
- Clean your desk at the end of the day.
- To avoid decision fatigue early in the morning, choose all your outfits for the week on Sunday night.
- Use the 2-minute rule: if it can be done in 2 minutes, just do it; if it takes more than two minutes, start it.
- Only use a handful of productivity apps to get things done.
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