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Georges Sen-Gupta
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 Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 8:05 am Post subject: Decision Fatigue |
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An impressive NYT article by John Tierney about how mental energy comes and goes - I liked the wedding list example!
I was very cheered up to read this. I thought that being mentally exhausted and unable to function showed what a useless person I was. Now I can see that it is an entirely normal and predictable part of being human.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/21/magazine/do-you-suffer-from-decision-fatigue.html?pagewanted=all |
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eschano
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| Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 8:48 pm Post subject: |
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Many thanks for this. I found the article quite useful. I recognise the problem of depleting willpower more from shopping sprees than from dieting (as my default was to eat the chocolate cake).
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reinhard
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Thanks for the link! Very relevant to everyday systems.
Most important part (I think) is at the end:
| Quote: | | His studies show that people with the best self-control are the ones who structure their lives so as to conserve willpower... they establish habits that eliminate the mental effort of making choices. |
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