Increase Your Happiness by Learning to Be Content With “good Enough”
According to psychologist Barry Schwartz, there are two types of people in this world: “satisfying” who are content with “good enough” and “maximizing” who always try to choose the best option. Guess which type is happier.
Yeah, satisfying. Unlike maximizers, who can always doubt their decisions, suffer from FOMO (fear of missing something) and constantly become frustrated as their expectations grow, satispheres can be content with things that are simply acceptable, even if you know what might be there. something better. …
This is Schwartz’s advice given in an interview with Eric Barker :
Whenever you need a new laptop, call one of your maximizer friends and say, “What laptop did you buy?” And you buy this laptop. Will this be the perfect laptop for you? Probably no. Will this be a good enough laptop for you? Absolutely. It takes you five minutes to make a decision instead of five weeks, and this is a “good enough” decision.
Good enough – just right.
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