If you’ve ever spent any amount of time on a dating app, you know how overwhelming it can be—the endless swiping, the ...

Everyone wants to have a number of options to choose from in most situations in life. An abundance of choice is a good thing because if one thing doesn’t work for you, there are several others that ...

In our modern world, the abundance of choice can be both a blessing and a curse. We're often told that having more options empowers us, but the reality is that too much choice can lead to decision ...

Like Thoreau and the band Devo, psychology professor Schwartz provides ample evidence that we are faced with far too many choices on a daily basis, providing an illusion of a multitude of options when ...

As someone who is comically indecisive—and who studies stress —I often think about the pressure of making decisions when presented with so many options. What do we experience, in the moment, when we ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. When deciding who to hire, we think we're rational, logical actors. But sometimes, our ...

To quote Barry Schwartz from his book: “The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less”, “On the other hand, the fact that some choice is good doesn’t necessarily mean that more choice is better”.

Does it feel like a lack of options or resources is holding you back from unleashing your ideas, or from dedicating yourself to doing your best work? Often what can get in the way of creative ...

Choice is good for us, but its relationship to our happiness appears to be more complicated than we would assume. We assume the more choices people have the better off they are. Yet multiple research ...

If you’re an advisor managing client portfolios, you’ve probably faced this dilemma: • Your model marketplace offers hundreds of options, far more than you could ever evaluate. • Clients expect ...