
Do you know what Mark Zuckerberg and Steve Jobs have in common and what they have in common?
Common: blue jeans.
Different: for Mark - grey T-shirt, for Jobs - black turtleneck.
Both of these geniuses in their field knew (Zuckerberg knows) that to do great things, you need to automate as much as possible the processes that can be automated, to reduce day-to-day decision-making.
Clothing is one good area of life where you can do it quickly and easily. Find clothes that you are comfortable in and look relatively good in for everyday wear, and buy 5 identical sets so you have something to replace when you get dirty.
Having children in your life has raised the number of decisions you have to make on a daily basis to unprecedented heights.
If the average random adult makes 35,000 decisions per day (about two decisions per second)*, then the moment that adult becomes a mum or dad, decision-making increases exponentially, in my opinion.
Well, imagine. If in your past life your problem was what to eat for dinner. So now it's what to eat for dinner that will keep the goat alive and the wolf fed?
I am not writing this email to give you any illusion that there is some magic trick that will make your life as a mum or dad easier by taking half the decisions away. It is and will be challenging, whatever you do.
But we can try, can't we? 😉
What is the one place in your life where you can introduce boring routines? What are your blue jeans, grey T-shirts or black pinstripes?
Good luck!