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Episode 99: Satisficing: Why Good Enough Wins
Today's episode teaches satisficing — the decision-making principle Herbert Simon introduced in the nineteen-fifties and Barry Schwartz later brought to life through his research on choice overload. The idea is simple and freeing: set a clear threshold, find the first option that clears it, and commit rather than endlessly searching for the perfect answer. Today's small action: before your next decision, write down the one or two criteria that would make a choice genuinely good enough — then commit to the first option that clears them. Key Topics: satisficing, maximizing, decision-making…
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