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Why People Fail to Make Important Choices
Considering what motivates the decisions of others, especially when those decisions affect you, is also essential. Incentives matter. Take a negotiation course, because skilled negotiators are masters at figuring out what is important to the other party and arriving at mutually beneficial solutions. Even if you are not dealing directly with another
... See moreMichael J. Mauboussin • Think Twice: Harnessing the Power of Counterintuition
As psychologist Barry Schwartz puts it: “Learning to choose is hard. Learning to choose well is harder. And learning to choose well in a world of unlimited possibilities is harder still, perhaps too hard.”
Anne-Laure Le Cunff • The Affliction of Abundance: FOBO or the Fear of a Better Option
Katharina Sommerkamp added
If you’re stuck in a big decision, see what it’s like to ask yourself these three questions:
- What are you scared will happen if you don’t make the “right decision?
- What is the emotion that you’re trying to avoid?
- If you’re looking back at this moment 10 years from now, what would you be proud you decided to do?
