Originally published by Gretchen Rubin on LinkedIn: When Making Decisions, Are You a Satisficer or a Maximizer? Self-knowledge is a key to a happy life, but it's very hard to know ourselves. One ...

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According to new research from Florida State University, your decision-making style (whether you’re a maximizer or a “satisficer”) determines how content (or not content) you will be with your spouse ...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Does a wider range of choices lead to greater satisfaction? Not necessarily, a Swarthmore psychologist contends. Barry Schwartz's research helps to explain the reaction of ...

Making decisions is an important part of our daily routine, but did you know that our style of deciding may impact our emotional state? Based on research by Dr. Barry Schwartz, a psychology professor ...

I watched two co-founders — we’ll call them Walt and Jesse — decide which job applicants to interview. Walt brought extensive notes for each of the eight candidates: highlights of their experience, ...

Anyone who has searched for a job fresh out of college knows how difficult it is to get that first job. Sending out hundreds of resumes, only to get a few interviews in the end – if you’re lucky! — ...

“Americans Find Doing Their Own Taxes Simpler Than Improving Diet and Health” blared a recent headline in ScienceDaily, the reputable online journal. I re-read this headline several times, and it ...

There are two types of decision makers, and each of them navigates how to make decisions a little bit differently. But that suffocating anxiety that can surface when we’re wondering how to make ...