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3. Manage your attention

  • More information often leads to indecision
  • People with less information are more likely to make a decision
  • We become what we focus on
  • It’s an easy way to avoid indecision

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You’re not a fortune teller.

Stop doubting the potential outcomes of your decisions. That’s the most tiring part of decision-making. You can only focus on the decision-making process, not the outcome. Once you adopt that mindset, you no longer worry about all the potential outcomes, which will give you peace of mind.

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2. Reduce decision fatigue

  • Making many decisions throughout the day is mentally tiring leading to worse decisions over time
  • Set up your life in a way you don’t need to make a lot of decisions
  • Delegate some decisions to others: work, household chores
  • Create rules and habits: it takes away decisi...

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Epictetus

“If you don’t choose what thoughts and images you expose yourself to, someone else will, and their motives may not be the highest.”

EPICTETUS

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Three Tips for Making Better Decisions

Three Tips for Making Better Decisions

Have you ever made a decision that you later look back on and regret? This happens when we’re not aware of how we make decisions.

And that’s odd because the decisions we make, or in many cases not make, shape the outcome of lives. But many of us don’t know how we make decisions. By understa...

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David Eagleman

“When faced with a decision, our brains simulate different outcomes to generate a mockup of what our future might be. Mentally, we can disconnect from the present moment and voyage to a world that doesn’t yet exist.”

DAVID EAGLEMAN

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Any decision is better than no decision

The worst thing is to let something like that linger in your mind every day. When you get rid of the things that clutter your mind, you will have more energy and clarity to face your decisions. And that alone will make the quality of your decisions better.

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1. Make time for your decisions

  • We often make bad decisions when we’re tired
  • It’s not lazy or procrastinating when you’re putting off a decision when you’re tired
  • When you can make a better decision at a later moment, it’s smart to delay your decision
  • Make your decisions intentional
  • Have a r...

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  • Successful decision-making relies on a balance between deliberate and intuitive thinking.
  • Opt for less information; stick to only what is essential. We may feel more confident when doing a lot of research, but this could lead to indecision and analysis paralysis.

Understanding tractability bias

Understanding tractability bias

People crave progress. But that desire can distort what we work on. Some pursuits are more easily measured than others. This leads to tractability bias - the tendency to focus on goals with more noticeable progress.

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3. Give Your Intention Some Attention

If you want to criticize to help someone improve their performance, approach it from a place of how you would want the information communicated to you.

Stay factual to avoid an emotional confrontation and make sure you create the space for it to be a conversation (versus a directive)...

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