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The paradox of choice

When it comes to getting things done, options aren’t always a good thing.

When everything is a possibility, it actually becomes harder to make the right choice. Meanwhile, when we place a constraint on ourselves, it can become much easier to get something done.

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How to foster minimalistic consumption

  • Buy items that fit your current system
  • Each time you make a new purchase, give something away
  • Go one month without buying something new
  • Realize that wanting is just an option your mind provides, n...

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A minimalistic schedule

A minimalistic schedule

Choosing one priority guides your behavior by forcing you to organize your life around that responsibility.

Your priority becomes an anchor task, the mainstay that holds the rest of your day in place. If things get hectic, you have already decided what is urgent and what ...

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Minimalism

Minimalism

It means focusing on and committing to the fundamentals, instead of wasting time, money, or energy on details.

A minimalistic approach can be applied to consumption, goals, schedules, tasks, design, and much more.

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The Diderot Effect

Obtaining a new possession often creates a spiral of consumption which leads you to acquire more new things.

As a result, we end up buying things that our previous selves never needed to feel happy or fulfilled.

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Paradox of choice.

When we're overloaded with opportunities and options, we suffer from what psychologists refer to as the paradox of choice.

The more options we're given, the less satisfied we become with whatever we choose because we're aware of all the other options we're potentially forfeiting

The Paradox of Choice

Having more options doesn’t mean that we will be happier, although, we often think that it will.

When we have too many choices, it is more difficult to take action, and if we decide, we are less satisfied with our choice.

The Choice Mindset

Rather than getting influenced by the limited set of options provided to you by the other party (which tricks you into a vortex of limited options), it is better to adopt a choice mindset. One has to let go of the internal limitation of having no choice (which is an illusion, of course). There is...

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