This chapter discusses analysis paralysis and offers strategies for making decisions while considering self-giving during the holiday season. It also includes advertisements from BetterHelp and Rosetta Stone.
Why do we get overwhelmed when we have too many choices? Should we make our own decisions or copy other people's? And how can Angela manage her sock inventory?
SOURCES:
Arie Kruglanski, professor of psychology at the University of Maryland, College Park.
Katy Milkman, professor of operations, information, and decisions at the University of Pennsylvania.
Sylvia Plath, 20th-century American novelist and poet.
Barry Schwartz, professor of social theory and social action at Swarthmore College.
Herbert Simon, professor of computer science and psychology at Carnegie Mellon University.