How to hack decision-making

We make thousands of decisions - every day.

That's quite a lot of work for our brain, so it uses mental shortcuts as much as possible.

We apply heuristics to make decisions quickly and efficiently.

Saving us energy, time and mental capacity for really important, big decisions.

But we give a lot of responsibility to our subconscious. And that doesn't always work well as we are drawn to"feel-good" moments, quick dopamine kicks. Distractions.

Now what?

How can we help our subconscious to act in the sense of our conscious ego?

We can train it.

Habits are mental shortcuts that let us fall from one activity into the next. In the best case into a flow state. One thing leads to the next. Our brain loves flow.

Hack subconscious decision-making by forming new habits:

1. Identify your values.

2. Form habits that reflect your values.

3. Train them for at least 60 days.

4. Your mind is rewired and subconsciously reinforces decision-making towards the new habit.

5. You've built a habit into a new mental shortcut.

Even better: decision-making can be outsourced to a habit.