Making many decisions in a day can be exhausting. Here are 10 strategies successful people use to avoid decision fatigue

By Travis Bradberry

February 4, 2020

We have to make decisions around 70 times a day – from what we’re going to wear, to accepting a new job. But there are helpful lessons from successful people on how to avoid decision ‘fatigue’. Travis Bradberry explains.

Your days are filled with a constant stream of decisions. A study from Columbia University found that we’re bogged down by a good 70 decisions a day.

Some decisions are minor, like what to eat, which route to drive to work, or in what order to tackle tasks.

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