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This is Optimal Living Daily. Decision Automation. Five things I do to increasease Willpower and Make Smart Choices, Part 2,

by Tyler Tivorren of Riskology.co, and I'm JustaMollick. Welcome to OLD, where I read articles to you

with permission from the authors. But today's a continuation from yesterday, so I'd recommend

listening to yesterday's episode first. If you're all caught up,

let's get right to part two, and continue optimizing your life. Decision Automation,

five things I do to increase willpower and make smart choices, part two, by Tyler Tivoran

of Riskology.co.

Number two, create a daily to-do list for the rest of your life.

Every productivity freak on the planet knows the importance of the daily to-do list,

and there are lots of rules for it. Do your important work first,

always underestimate how much you can do in a day,

make each task small and actionable, blah, blah, blah. The rules are great. I subscribe to many of them,

but do you notice how you often end up writing the same to-dos every day and having that same conversation with yourself about what to do first, that's wasted

willpower right there. That's what's going to make you eat Cheetos at the end of the day when you

know you're on a diet. You have recurring tasks in your life, but why think about them every day?

Instead, create an automation system so you can think about them once and then just do them.

I use Trello to organize my week.

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