Our minds are a muscle.

Just like our legs getting tired from running, our minds get tired from thinking.

This is particularly true when it comes to making decisions throughout the day.

As humans, our lives are made by the decisions we make.

So how can we make sure our mind stays sharp in order to make the best decisions?

Psychology Today estimates that the average person makes 35,000 decisions every day.

Everything from when you get out of bed to what you are going to eat that day.

Every decision you make uses energy, which in turn depletes your mind’s processing ability.

That is why you might get to the end of a long day and your brain is fried.

Which often leads to decisions that are suboptimal.

That is what we call Decision Fatigue.

Now stay with me here because this is really groundbreaking stuff.

To avoid Decision Fatigue, reduce the amount of decisions you make. Duh, right?

Extremely obvious yet surprisingly practical.

One of the best ways to reduce the amount of decisions you need to make it is to front-load your decisions the day before.

Mark Cuban’s advice to almost every entrepreneur is to plan out your day the night before.

At the end of the day write down the three tasks you need to get done for the next day.

If you cannot front-load your decisions, then simplify your options.

Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg both wore the exact same outfit everyday.

Instead of using their brain power and decision-making energy on something as trivial as their clothes, they simplified their wardrobe in order to save their energy on more important tasks.

Like running trillion-dollar companies.

“We all make decisions, but in the end our decisions make us.” - Andy Andrews

We are the sum of our decisions and our decisions matter.

Let us make sure we are equipped to make the best decision possible by reducing and simplifying the decision we need to make.

Go out and make a difference.