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Being A Sikh Meant Having To Do What Mom And Dad Said, And Going To Temple, And Mom And Dad Choosing Who I Would Marry. But Going To An American School Taught Me That I Was The One Who's Supposed To Make Those Choices.

We Do The Same Thing In Our Own Lives, Embracing Information That Supports What We Already Prefer Or Vindicates Choices We Previously Made.after All, It Feels Better To Justify Our Opinions Rather Than Challenge Them, To Contemplate Only The Pros And Relegate The Cons To The Back Of Our Minds. However, If We Want To Make The Most Of Choice, We Have To Be Willing To Make Ourselves Uncomfortable. The Question Is, If We Are Willing, How Exactly Do We Go About Fortifying Ourselves Against These Biases?

When People Are Given A Moderate Number Of Options (4 To 6) Rather Than A Large Number (20 To 30), They Are More Likely To Make A Choice, Are More Confident In Their Decisions, And Are Happier With What They Choose.

As We Get Older, We Get Better At Choosing In Ways That Will Make Us Happy. We Do A Better Job At Picking Activities That Make Us Happy, And At Spending Time With People Who Make Us Happy. We're Also Better At Letting Things Go.

What We Found Was That Of The People Who Stopped When There Were 24 Different Flavors Of Jam Out On Display Only 3% Of Them Actually Bought A Jar Of Jam Whereas Of The People Who Stopped When There Were 6 Different Flavors Of Jam 30% Of Them Actually Bought A Jar Of Jam.