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Sometimes "Good Enough" Is the Optimal Strategy

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Research consistently shows that satisficers — people who pick the first acceptable option — often end up happier than maximizers who exhaustively compare every alternative. Maximizing costs time, energy, and peace of mind, and the marginal improvement rarely justifies the effort. For most decisions, "good enough" isn't settling — it's strategic.

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Picking the first good-enough option often beats exhaustively comparing every alternative.

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