Make a good decision, not the best decision. When trying to make a decision, we tend to focus on the relative drawbacks of each option, which often makes every decision seem less appealing.1 Nor do we usually have enough information to feel confident in the decision—the world’s just too complex. But remember, it’s better to do something only partly right than do nothing at all. Trying for the best, instead of good enough, brings too much emotional ventromedial prefrontal activity into the decision-making process.2 In contrast, recognizing that good enough is good enough activates more
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