Dr. Daniel Crosby

you know, tippy top there.

So what you do, if you look at really successful people, president Obama did this, Mark Zuckerberg does this.

They sort of streamlined the, the non-essential things in their life.

Like whether it's the clothing that they wear, president Obama had seven almonds every night before he went to bed for his bedtime snack, not six, not 10, like seven almonds.

He just, you know, he just had this routine and,

where they had sort of streamlined the unimportant decisions in their life.

The other thing we need to do is to step away from the noise of our regular tasks.

How often have you had a breakthrough in the shower?

or right as you were lying down to go to sleep.

That's because you finally stepped away from the noise of your phone, your computer, your Zoom calls, sort of the hustle and bustle of every day.

And you gave yourself a moment of solitude long enough to step away from that noise and the decisions sort of started to emerge or you started to think about it in new ways.

And then finally, set a deadline.

And as that deadline approaches, take care of yourself.

I mean, one of the things that I wrote about in The Behavioral Investor that is incredible to consider is just how something like having a snack can materially improve the way that you make a decision.

So get enough sleep.

Don't sort of over index on drinking and caffeine.

Get a snack.

Take good care of yourself.

Set a deadline.

And I think you'll get there.