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Why we avoid making difficult decisions
People are averse to making (objectively and subjectively) difficult choices because they don’t want the stress of weighing all the options or the responsibility of dealing with the eventual outcome — both, good and bad.
It makes us not want to make hard choices and come up with all kinds of adaptive ways of avoiding them.
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The privilege to have a choice
The burden of choice is also a privilege. So many people in the world would kill to have more options and the freedom of choice, yet those who get it and when they have too many choices, they feel burdened.
The burden also comes from the increased effort re...
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How to handle tough decisions better
- The first thing is to recognize and be mindful of all the (sometimes unconscious) ways you might be sneakily trying to avoid tough choices.
- Next, figure out ways of easing your decisional conflict.
- Lastly, find support. Telli...
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