All those tiny decisions that you’re making every day add up to cause decision fatigue. If you can relate to this business owner, here is how you win the daily battle to reduce decision fatigue.
Its lot
As a small business owner, one thing is undoubtedly true: making many decisions throughout the day. Am I right when I say lots of decisions?
The funny thing is you may not even notice that it at the beginning of your day, but one thing is sure, you're constantly making decisions.
How do you reduce decision fatigue?
What I want you to do is take a step back when a decision pops up.
Ask this simple question. Do I have to make this decision right now? What I mean, if you were to put off the decision until tomorrow, what would happen? If it would cause you a tremendous amount of extra stress and work. Go ahead and make the decision.
Now, this is important; if nothing significant is affected by putting off the decision until tomorrow, wait until tomorrow. Okay, easy, right? Maybe, maybe not.
The solution is simple if the answer is it can wait until tomorrow, put it on your decision log, or your decision parking lot, whatever you would like to call it.
Along with a due date
But wait, there’s more along with adding the decision to the log, also put a due date.
Let me break this down for you. This date should NOT be the nice to have due date but the absolute deadline, the hard deadline when things will start to explode in your online business due date.
Decision Blocking
You must be wondering why do we do this?
When you capture all the decisions on a log, it gets all those decisions in one spot.
This is the magic part, you can go through and make all the decisions at one time.
You guessed it’s time blocking for decision-making. This is the key to reduce decision fatigue.
Now, this is important your decision log may be electronic, on paper, in your planner, or a decision block on your calendar with all the decisions you need to make that day.
Here’s the bottom line, it must fit into your work style for the decision log to be effective.
Trigger Your Decision Log
If you’re anything like me, you’ll need a trigger to remind you of this new process. Here’s how you solve this put a little post-it note reminder on your computer monitor.
On the post-it write the specific question, Does this decision need to be made right now?
The post-it and question become a trigger to your brain until the new process becomes a habit and you love your decision log. This simple process will reduce decision fatigue.
Win The Daily Decision-Making Battle
When you get into the habit of asking yourself, does this decision need to be made right now?
When you put those decisions on your log and time block your decision for when your brain is freshest, that is when you win the daily decision-making battle and reduce decision fatigue.
With a process for handling decisions as they pop up throughout the day, it allows space for creativity in your business.
Is that something you’d like for your business?
I hope that this was beneficial. I appreciate you and I hope you have a wonderful day
Little Side Note
Ready to go down a rabbit hole regarding Decision Fatigue? Let me help you, here is an article by James Clear How Willpower Works: How to Avoid Bad Decisions – You're Welcome (;
✁ Just a Snippet
Here is just a snippet of the important points you know for the skimmer in you. 🤪
- As a small business owner, one thing is certainly true, you are making a lot of decisions throughout the day.
- Reduce decision fatigue by asking this one simple question. Do I have to make this decision right now?
- The solution is simple if the answer is it can wait until tomorrow, put it on your decision log.
- Assign a due date to the decision.
- Start decision blocking to reduce decision fatigue, it's time blocking for your decision-making.
- Trigger this new habit with a post-it note on your computer monitor.
- When you put those decisions on your log and time block your decision for when your brain is freshest, that is when you win the daily decision-making battle and reduce decision fatigue.
