Insightful article with some helpful suggestions on how to find the right route to an optimal choice. Torn between two extremes? Assume that both are limited, step back, and build a broader menu of options.
In tough moments, we reach for premature conclusions rather than opening ourselves to more and better options. Faced with less familiar conditions for which our tried-and-true approaches won’t work, we reflexively counter our natural anxiety by narrowing and simplifying our options.