How to make smart decisions more easily

1) Making fewer daily decisions: Tackling your To-Do list over Multiple days 2) Imagine your decisions as someone else's, before considering how those consequences impact you specifically 3) Remember that not every choice is equally important

1.Take important decisions in the morning. 2.Create routines so as to make fewer small decisions daily. 3.Making a todo list and tackle few decisions daily. 4.Imagine taking decisions for others, as we are good at making decisions for others than overselves. 5.Remember not every choice is equally important.

The decision to watch this video was the smartest decision I've made

"Choosing what to eat in the morning isn't a taxing decision." I got burnt out my first month of living alone because of the sheer magnitude of decision fatigue caused by having to consider what to eat every day.

This video came in time. Sometimes I'm unable to make any decisions because I get overwhelmed. I had even made wrong decisions too which I regret. Having a routine or pretending you're giving advice to someone else to make that decision is actually good. For me having routines work well. Its a lot easier deciding beforehand what I'll wear, eat and how should I spend the rest of my day.

The Paradox of Choice is a good read on the topic. The author repeatedly stresses that not maximizing (trying to get maximal value from your choice) is often the best course of action, at least fro small to medium scale decisions. While maximizing you may increase your chances of ending up with a more optimal option, however you're also increasing your chances of being less happy with it. You'll probably invest a lot of time in making that choice and thus increase your expectation from it, not to mention thinking back about it afterwards, wondering if you've made the correct choice.

This makes me curious how decision fatigue varies amongst neurodivergent people. I'm especially interested in the relationship between decision fatigue and perfectionism.

I works in medical, and financial sector, both of which need fast and correct decision making. Indeed lowering the burdens of daily decision making made easier, and better working conditions.

This video came to me during a week where i have to prepare for exams, a journalism competition, and my birthday all at once. Thank you TED ED.

I love the way that the animation scenes beautifully transition according to the text. It was a nice package filled with information, creativity, artistic flair, and insight.

This is so true! As a teacher, I know I grade differently (harder or easier) depending on the time of day, so I try to grade all assignments in one seating, in order, to be consistent among all the classes

Discipline in daily tasks save mental energy which can be used for better decision making

4:29 This right here is my savior because emotional pressure is significantly lowered by thinking of the issue at hand to be someone else's instead of mine.

Well before mentioning the medical field, I immediately thought to myself that decision fatigue is very common within the emergency side of medicine. As a paramedic myself who regularly works 48 hour shifts and previously at a high volume service, I think I’m very fortunate to have Not made any grave errors. Unfortunately, I cannot say the same for past and present coworkers. You would be surprised how many studies exist regarding the correlations between sleep, diet, and mental health within the world of first responders.

"You need to make better decisions" is a phrase often heard. I think "know the consequences of your decisions" is better advice.

TED-ed never fails to make great animation!

Love how you casually described the horrible injustice of inconsistency of the judicial process. Years of lives lost, because of the whim of some powerful men/women. Thanks for the middle finger towards lives in general.

As a business owner, decision fatigue is real - especially on those really busy, hectic days where there are a ton of NB meetings etc. So I do my best to make the most NB ones in the mornings…

I love the trick of pretending that it's someone else's decision. Brilliant, I can already imagine this working wonders because I love helping people figure out problems but sometimes in my job their are dire implications for myself of making the wrong decision

If we can't decide which is better between 2 choices, most of the time it's because neither choices are worse or better than the other. If one choice is the better one, most of the time we obviously would choose that option already.