The cognitive scientists have now proven the reality of “decision fatigue” — that every decision you make, little or big, diminishes a limited amount… - David Allen
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The cognitive scientists have now proven the reality of “decision fatigue” — that every decision you make, little or big, diminishes a limited amount of your brain power.
David Allen (born December 28, 1945) is an American productivity consultant, best known for the creation of a time management method called "Getting Things Done".
Your mind doesn't have one. If it did, it would only remind you of something when you could do something about it.
The traditional approaches to time management and personal organization were useful in their time. They provided helpful reference points for a workforce that was just emerging from an industrial assembly-line modality into a new kind of work that included choices about what to do and discretion about when to do it.
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As Peter Drucker wrote: “In knowledge work . . . the task is not given; it has to be determined. ‘What are the expected results from this work?’ is . . . the key question in making knowledge workers productive. And it is a question that demands risky decisions. There is usually no right answer; there are choices instead. And results have to be clearly specified, if productivity is to be achieved.”*
