Too many options. (John Slater/Iconica/Getty)

Stand in line at the local sandwich shop and you’ll endure a barrage of choices on what you want between the buns. Will that be whole wheat or white? Swiss or cheddar? Pickles? Tomatoes? Mayo? As insignificant as these choices are in the grand scheme of thing, are they decreasing your effectiveness at decision making later in the day?

In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Julie and I look at decision fatigue, the process by which the thought muscle in your head wears itself on the little stuff and then fails to deliver when the big decisions role around.

You’ll never look at a sub sandwich quite the same way again.

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