Why Choice Makes People Miserable

• You live in a world where you must therefore make choices. You cannot avoid regret since there are opportunity costs for every choice you will make.
• Everything in life is about opportunity costs. Every time you say “yes” to a choice, you are also saying “no” to everything else you ...

Mental effort is costly, so we generally prefer to work on an simple task rather than a hard task. We procrastinate more if we expect a certain task to be hard.

This happens because the more effort a task requires, the more someone stands to gain by putting the same amount of effort in...

• Strive for excellence, not perfection.
• Focus on the process, not the outcome.
• Live in the present and give your best in every moment.
• Avoid self-judgment and regret; your best changes from moment to moment.
• Don't set unrealistic expectations for yourself....