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Think about the decision you have to make but have been putting off for a little while.

Okay?

Maybe it's been sitting in your inbox and you've been meaning to review it.

But every time you see it, your brain does a little dance.

You think, okay, I should look at that.

But then I need more data and I'm not really sure I have the time and maybe I

should talk to the team first, right? Get some input. But gathering everybody's going to take some time.

Welcome to the Kerry Newhoff Leadership podcast. I hope our time together today helps you thrive

in life and leadership. Well, today,

we're talking about something you may never have heard of because I hadn't, but I've been thinking

about it a lot and I realized it has actually cost me at times in leadership. It's not decision

fatigue. It's actually called indecision fatigue.

Now, you've all heard about decision fatigue, right?

Decision fatigue is one of the reasons why Steve Jobs wore the same outfit every day.

It's why Mark Zuckerberg does the same, and it's one of the reasons successful leaders often eat at the same restaurants or the same food every day or

they have very rigid morning routines.

But the fewer decisions, here's the principle, fewer decisions you have to make about small

things, the more mental energy you have for big things.

Today, I want to talk about something that doesn't get nearly enough attention, and I kind of made up the phrase,

indecision, fatigue. Now, the reality, most leadership books won't tell you is that not making a decision

is often far more exhausting than making one. Further, the cost of indecision isn't just personal, it's organizational. So we're

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