Barry Schwartz Quotes
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Barry Schwartz Famous Quotes & Sayings
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Whereas maximizers might do better objectively than satisficers, they tend to do worse subjectively.
We get what we say we want, only to discover that what we want doesn't satisfy us to the degree that we expect.
To these three comparisons I have added a fourth: the gap between what one has and what one expects.
Having the opportunity to choose is no blessing if we feel we do not have the wherewithal to choose wisely.
We are free to be the authors of our own lives, but we don't know what kind of lives we want to 'write.
adding options can be detrimental to our well-being. Because we don't put rejected options out of our minds,
Of course, bankers were always interested in making money. But when bankers had clients, they bore some responsibility for the clients' welfare.
it is not dancing toy animals that are an endless source of delight for infants, but rather having control.
So the researchers concluded that being forced to confront trade-offs in making decisions makes people unhappy and indecisive.
What I look for in any book is an argument, based on evidence, that changes the way I think about something important.
Freedom to choose has what might be called expressive value. Choice is what enables us to tell the world who we are and what we care about.
What we don't realize is that the very option of being allowed to change our minds seems to increase the chances that we will change our minds.
If you shatter the fish bowl so that everything is possible you don't have freedom you have paralysis. Everybody needs a fishbowl.