#decision-making
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Regret Over Something You Did Fades With Time — Regret Over Something You Didn't Do Tends to Grow
Psychological research on regret has repeatedly found this asymmetry: action regrets diminish as people rationalize, learn, and move on, while inaction regrets — the road not taken — tend to intensify the longer the 'what if' lingers unresolved.
Comparing 5 Options One-on-One Takes Just 10 Pairwise Match-Ups — And Cuts Through Decision Paralysis
Ranking options by simply staring at a full list rarely works because too many variables compete for attention at once. Breaking it into simple A-vs-B comparisons is a well-established technique for exactly this problem.