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“choose less and feel better.”
― The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less
― The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less
“Nobel Prize–winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman and his colleagues have shown that what we remember about the pleasurable quality of our past experiences is almost entirely determined by two things: how the experiences felt when they were at their peak (best or worst), and how they felt when they ended. This “peak-end” rule of Kahneman’s is what we use to summarize the experience, and then we rely on that summary later to remind ourselves of how the experience felt.”
― The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less
― The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less
“The secret to happiness is low expectations.”
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“Happiness as a goal is a recipe for disaster.”
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“When asked about what they regret most in the last six months, people tend to identify actions that didn’t meet expectations. But when asked about what they regret most when they look back on their lives as a whole, people tend to identify failures to act.”
― The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less
― The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less
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