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Why It’s Hard to Make Decisions (Especially Good, Fast Ones) - Effectiviology
“The existence of multiple alternatives makes it easy for us to imagine alternatives that don’t exist—alternatives that combine the attractive features of the ones that do exist. And to the extent that we engage our imaginations in this way, we will be even less satisfied with the alternative we end up choosing. So… a greater variety of choices actually makes us feel worse.”
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If you feel you struggle to be decisive it's because you've developed habits that increase your lack of confidence when it comes to decision-making.
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