Hot States and Cold States
Goal reserves prevent a single lapse from being interpreted as total failure. Examples involving doctors and judges are used to show that fatigue and hunger can degrade even professional decision-making. Hot states occur during temptation,…
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Goal reserves prevent a single lapse from being interpreted as total failure. Examples involving doctors and judges are used to show that fatigue and hunger can degrade even professional decision-making. Hot states occur during temptation, fatigue, stimulation, or urgency and make discipline harder. Cold states are calmer planning states for making commitments to sleep, health, or discipline. Sleep decisions are vulnerable because they happen at the end of the day when decision quality is degraded.