Welcome to Daring Daily On Demand, your most trusted resource to help you become better

every day.

Here's your success mentor, Daring Hardy.

This morning I have an important lesson for you to remember later today and every afternoon.

So there were these three judges who sat on a parole board who determined whether inmates

would be granted parole or not.

So on this day, all the inmates that they reviewed had finished at least two-thirds of their

sentences, but only one was granted parole.

Why?

Well, as it turned out, the determining factor in whether the person was given parole

or not had little to do with their crimes or rehabilitation.

The first person appeared before the board at 8.50am, the second 3.10pm, and the third 4.25

pm.

Only the prisoner heard first thing in the morning was freed.

The study of more than 1100 decisions over an entire year showed that the prisoners who

faced parole boards earliest were more likely to receive parole.

70% of the time early morning appearances were paroled compared to only 10% who were reviewed

later in the day.

Here's why.

When people become tired and fatigued, they switch to a quicker, more efficient and

less energy consuming, but more valuable form of decision making.

When we are tired, when we are fatigued, we have a much more difficult time collaborating,

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