The Next Right Thing 132: Why is Decision-Making So Hard?
Jun 23, 2020
12:46
In the United States, we place a high value on our independence, on our ability to choose for ourselves, and to have things the way we want them when we want them. And while I know I’m speaking in broad strokes and this doesn’t necessarily describe every US citizen, it does in many ways describe us as a whole. But this is not necessarily a shared value around the world. Why is it so hard for us to make decisions? Listen in. Links + Resources From This Episode:
- Literary London with Tsh Oxenreider
- In Europe, little refrigerators hold a grand reason for less waste by Evan Kleiman for the LA Times
- Sheena Iyengar's TED Talk The Art of Choosing and her book by the same title
- How cultures around the world make choices by Amy S. Choi
- What's Your Decision? by Fathers Michael Sparough and Tim Hipskind
- Grab a copy of my book The Next Right Thing
- Find me on Instagram @emilypfreeman
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