Podcast

It’s become legendary about how Steve Jobs always wore a black turtleneck and how Zuckerberg always wears a gray t-shirt and how Obama only wore gray or blue suits. It was all in the name of minimizing decision fatigue. Today’s show will cover what decision fatigue is and how you can minimize it in your own life with some simple changes. This is Episode 65, Minimizing Decision Fatigue.

Ironically, it takes a time commitment to learn how to manage time. Some of us are faster learners than others, and there are some lessons I wish I would have absorbed at a much earlier time than I did.

When things shut down for COVID in March of 2020, I believed that it would be a few weeks and we would be back to normal. 2 years later, nothing has returned to normal, and I’m pausing to consider how this last 2 years has impacted, and will continue to impact productivity, simplicity and deliberate living.

I’ve always been cautious about new tools. I have spent too much time in the past chasing the new and shiny and then wasting time moving between systems. I have decided that unless there is a major problem with how I am doing things at the moment, I don’t need to look at other solutions. However, once issues are identified, it’s great to find a new tool. We’ll talk about that in this episode number 61 which I’m calling The Right Tool Can Make All The Difference

There is so much information hurtling at us every moment of the day. I find that this can lead to a state of “always on” where my brain is constantly moving from one thing to the next. Today’s episode will talk about why it’s so important to have mental slow time and some ways of achieving it.

People often forget that in order to master a skill they need to practice. We’re used to thinking about practicing in terms of musical instruments or sports. But at the same time it also applies to things that we want to get better at: self-control, productivity, routines, deliberate living. Today’s episode will talk about the importance of practice, and how to practice most efficiently.