💡 CheatCode #152: Make Your Standards Answer the Question
Decide once. Let your standards decide everything else.
“When you can’t trust your impulses, trust your standards.” -1% CheatCode
Most people waste an unbelievable amount of energy making the same decisions over and over.
Should I work out today?
Should I say yes to this request?
Should I stay up late?
Should I respond now or later?
Every time you revisit a decision, you drain willpower and open the door for inconsistency.
High performers don’t do that.
They decide once—then let their standards handle every decision that follows.
Your standards are essentially your future self giving you guardrails.
Related study:
Research from Columbia University (Iyengar & Lepper, 2000) shows that reducing decision variety dramatically improves follow-through, satisfaction, and performance.
Why it works:
✅ Eliminates emotional decision fatigue
✅ Creates automatic consistency
✅ Shields you from low-value impulses
✅ Keeps you aligned with your long-term identity
✅ Makes discipline effortless by pre-deciding your behavior
Today’s Challenge:
Write down one standard you want to live by for the next 7 days.
Examples:
• “I don’t revisit decisions twice.”
• “I begin every task before I evaluate how I feel about it.”
• “I reply to messages only at scheduled times.”
Then let that standard make the decisions for you.
Final Thought:
When your standards speak, your doubts go silent. -1% CheatCode