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The IKEA Effect: Why We Love Our Bad Ideas
Decision Making

The IKEA Effect: Why We Love Our Bad Ideas

Your brain values effort over quality—and it's costing you better decisions

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ChoicePoint
4 min read
The Two-Hour Rule for Life-Changing Decisions
Decision Making

The Two-Hour Rule for Life-Changing Decisions

Major decisions need two focused hours of thought—not days of agonizing or minutes of impulse

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ChoicePoint
4 min read
The Framing Effect: Same Choice, Different Decision
Decision Making

The Framing Effect: Same Choice, Different Decision

Identical options, opposite labels, completely different choices—and your brain falls for it every time

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ChoicePoint
5 min read
Analysis Paralysis: When Your Brain Gets Stuck in Neutral
Decision Making

Analysis Paralysis: When Your Brain Gets Stuck in Neutral

Why overthinking sabotages your decisions and how to escape the loop

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ChoicePoint
4 min read
Why Smart People Make Terrible Group Decisions
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Why Smart People Make Terrible Group Decisions

Intelligence doesn't protect groups from bad decisions—it often accelerates them through cascades and conformity.

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ChoicePoint
5 min read
The Permission Paradox: When Asking Advice Guarantees Regret
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The Permission Paradox: When Asking Advice Guarantees Regret

Why asking for approval on decisions you've already made undermines both your commitment and your outcomes

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ChoicePoint
4 min read
Decision Fatigue: Why CEOs Wear the Same Outfit
Decision Making

Decision Fatigue: Why CEOs Wear the Same Outfit

Your brain makes no distinction between choosing breakfast cereal and choosing a career path—here's how to stop wasting mental energy on decisions that don't matter.

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ChoicePoint
4 min read
The Urgency Illusion: Why Everything Feels Like an Emergency
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The Urgency Illusion: Why Everything Feels Like an Emergency

Your brain treats every ping like a predator—here's how to reclaim your calm and make decisions that actually matter.

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ChoicePoint
4 min read
The Confidence Trap: When Certainty Signals Incoming Disaster
Decision Making

The Confidence Trap: When Certainty Signals Incoming Disaster

Learn why your most certain decisions are often your riskiest, and discover practical tools for knowing what you actually know.

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ChoicePoint
4 min read
Your Mood Is Making Decisions Without You
Decision Making

Your Mood Is Making Decisions Without You

Discover how temporary emotions secretly shape your choices and learn practical techniques to make decisions that reflect your values, not your mood swings.

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ChoicePoint
4 min read
Decision Quicksand: When Changing Your Mind Makes Things Worse
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Decision Quicksand: When Changing Your Mind Makes Things Worse

Why your imperfect committed choice beats your perfect perpetually-revised one—and how to know when changing course is actually worth it

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ChoicePoint
5 min read
Your Future Self Is a Stranger (And That's Why You Make Bad Choices)
Decision Making

Your Future Self Is a Stranger (And That's Why You Make Bad Choices)

Why your brain treats tomorrow-you like a stranger and the neuroscience tricks that help you finally make decisions your future self won't regret

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ChoicePoint
4 min read
Why You Can't Trust Your Gut (Until You Train It)
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Why You Can't Trust Your Gut (Until You Train It)

Learn when your instincts are genuine wisdom and when they're just confident feelings leading you astray

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ChoicePoint
4 min read
The 10-10-10 Rule That Transforms Emotional Decisions
Decision Making

The 10-10-10 Rule That Transforms Emotional Decisions

Escape the emotional pressure cooker by giving your future self a vote in today's decisions

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ChoicePoint
5 min read
The Sunk Cost Fallacy Is Actually Protecting You
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The Sunk Cost Fallacy Is Actually Protecting You

Discover why your brain's supposed 'irrational' attachment to past investments might be evolution's gift for building trust and achieving breakthroughs

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ChoicePoint
4 min read
The Hidden Cost of Keeping Your Options Open
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The Hidden Cost of Keeping Your Options Open

Discover why endless possibilities make you miserable and how strategic commitment creates unexpected freedom and satisfaction

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ChoicePoint
5 min read
Why You Remember Pizza But Forget Salad
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Why You Remember Pizza But Forget Salad

Discover how your brain's editing process turns experiences into misleading memories that sabotage future decisions

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ChoicePoint
5 min read
The Comparison Trap: Why Context Hijacks Every Choice
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The Comparison Trap: Why Context Hijacks Every Choice

Discover how your brain's comparison engine gets hijacked by clever context manipulation and learn mental techniques to make choices that actually serve you

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ChoicePoint
5 min read
The Spotlight Effect: Why Nobody Cares About Your Decisions
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The Spotlight Effect: Why Nobody Cares About Your Decisions

Discover how recognizing the attention illusion frees you from imaginary judgment and enables authentic decision-making

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ChoicePoint
5 min read
Your Brain's Delete Button: Why We Forget Bad Decisions
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Your Brain's Delete Button: Why We Forget Bad Decisions

Discover why your mind erases poor choices from memory and learn simple techniques to break the cycle of repeated mistakes

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ChoicePoint
5 min read
The Paradox of Too Many Good Options
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The Paradox of Too Many Good Options

Discover why having more excellent choices makes you less happy and learn practical strategies to escape decision paralysis

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ChoicePoint
5 min read
Why Your Best Ideas Come in the Shower (And How to Replicate It)
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Why Your Best Ideas Come in the Shower (And How to Replicate It)

Discover the neuroscience behind shower thoughts and learn practical techniques to trigger breakthrough decisions anywhere, anytime

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ChoicePoint
5 min read
Your Morning Coffee Reveals Your Risk Tolerance
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Your Morning Coffee Reveals Your Risk Tolerance

Discover how your daily coffee ritual secretly shapes every major decision you make, from career moves to investment choices

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ChoicePoint
4 min read
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