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How New Managers Can Handle Decision Fatigue
In this episode, Lucas and Luna tackle a problem many first-time managers quietly struggle with: decision fatigue. Lucas shares a specific framework from a study of judges and parole decisions to illustrate how mental depletion erodes judgment by the afternoon. They discuss why new managers face an especially steep cognitive load — more decisions, less experience, and tighter feedback loops — and offer practical strategies like the 'two-list' system and scheduling decision blocks. Luna pushes back on the idea of outsourcing every small choice, arguing that some micro-decisions…
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