How do you manage decision fatigue?

Another framework is to adapt system thinking to your decision-making making process. Consider the following - ? What is the main problem that needs to be solved? ? What is the minimum viable solution? ? What are the limits that can impact the option you choose (ex: resource constraints, time limits, etc.)? ? What is the impact of making the wrong choice i.e the worst thing that could happen. Thinking about limits helps you eliminate potential solutions that wouldn't be helpful for your current situation. Quantifying the impact of a wrong choice can help you redefine how important making the perfect choice is, especially if the impact is small. Choosing the minimum viable solutions gives you a firm starting point to adapt and expand.

I'd add that we may be giving equal weight to everything on our mental and/or written To-Do list. Part of simplifying is to make sure you've identified everything on the list and each item's priority (as described by others in this section). Then, the next step to simplifying is to define the priority and the expected level of effort to get it done AND the deadline for it. And maybe you're like me: I have to apply the Good Enough is better than PERFECT rule to decide what I can reasonably get done. And usually (in my own phrasing) 80% [my "good enough"] is usually more than people expected.

We can help ourselves by using newer tools that help us take meeting notes and provide transcripts AND AI-generated summaries. These also help us better focus on the meeting content which may mean more retained content.

This is an important step whether you are only accountable to yourself for the priorities or are working with others. Prioritizing should include deadlines and an estimate of the level of effort. And the planning in advance is very helpful when you need to agree with others on how an action or intervention will move forward. Knowing your best work time can help you identify what decisions/work need what level of attention. I know that, in the morning I can work twice as fast and with more clarity than after 4 pm. So I use that for deciding what work gets done when.

You can also recharge by examining the "success" of your simplifying, prioritization, and planning. This will help reinforce ways you are crawling out of decision fatigue and re-shaping your way forward to reduce decision fatigue.

See above section where I described doing this as a way to re-charge. Sometimes you need to do this assessment to show yourself the EVIDENCE of your work to reverse decision fatigue to feel that you've "earned" the rest and recharge activities.