Zakaria Mohamed Mohamed itibaren Wacouta, MN 55066, Amerikas Savienotās Valstis
I enjoy all of Max Lucado's books.
A real favourite one I entend to reread. Shows humanity in all its differing forms.
In this book, Barry Schwartz summarizes research about the difficulties of decision-making. The highly effective story he tells explains - possibly? probably? - much of the stress, anxiety, regret, and feelings of being overwhelmed experienced by many people in modern society. Our obsessive need for choices is closely related to the values of autonomy, independence, self-determination. But the more choice we have, the more responsible we are (or at least feel) for the outcomes of our decisions. Thus, our subjective experience of our (even good) decisions is tainted by our regret about all the choices forgone, by our adaptation to the experience of the thing chosen, and by our ability to generate counterfactual possibilities. We face too many choices, that demand too much time, and too much expertise, and too many - dreaded - tradeoffs. We suffer inaction inertia, paralyzed by the array of choices and the costs of choosing. Dr. Schwartz suggests that we liberate ourselves from the burdens of choice by being more mindful of when to choose, and by electing to satisfice, rather than to maximize, for as many of our choices as possible. And being grateful for as many things that happen - chosen or not, anticipated or not - as possible.