Analyzing Future Losses

Our brains tend to overestimate the potential losses in the future, which can lead to feeling stuck and paralyzed. Research shows that our brain cuts the rewards in half and doubles the size of losses when making future calculations. This skewed perception results in valuing losses more than gains by a factor of two. This means that we often perceive the cost of taking action to be doubled and the benefits to be halved, ultimately leading to analysis paralysis.