“Across many domains of psychology, one finds that X increases Y to a point, and then it decreases Y.There is no such thing as an unmitigated good. Clearly, people put off and avoid choice when extra options are added. According to this colleague’s study, adding an extra 10 options for retirement plans makes 2% less people choose a retirement plan each time. Schwartz hasn’t been the only one to notice the paradox of choice as a daily struggle, and his work cites an anonymous colleague who studied investments in retirement plans. Nowadays, this effect can be seen everywhere, from the doctor’s office to the shoe store to your Netflix homepage. Paradox of choice―how an abundance of options ultimately makes us miserable.Īccording to Barry Schwartz, it is infinitely harder to make a decision when you have more options to choose from. His most recent and perhaps most relevant work, Brilliant: The Art and Science of Making Better Decisions, offers 14 guided lectures on how to make decisions that improve your life. Schwartz is famous for his provocative ideas that ultimately speak to what can make humans less stressed and more pleased with their lives. His work challenges us to think outside the box about the potential of humanity, and to abandon our preconceived notions of what will make us happy.ĭrawing on psychological research into the differences between human and animal cognition, and human happiness and decision making, Schwartz’s theories have shaped the ideas behind his extensive body of work. In it, there is less choice, less rules, and there are less faulty ideas about human nature. Writer and psychologist Barry Schwartz has a vision for our future. ― Barry Schwartz, The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less Benveniste, PhD, Psychoanalyst, former Director of two training programs for doctoral-level psychology students, author of The Interwoven Lives of Sigmund, Anna and W.“When products are essentially equivalent, people go with what’s familiar, even if it’s only familiar because they know its name from advertising.” Like spiritual compasses, Larry’s poems are not the destination, but they point a way forward.” There is no seraphic spiritual sentiment but rather a gutsy spirituality embedded in social tragedies, tender love, societal conflict, spiritual seeking, and the ecumenical search for an elusive truth. If poetry is a way of speaking beyond words, Larry is a master. But in this collection, I met another side of him: the poet who does not describe or explain the truth, but more honestly alludes to it. Larry has shared a few poems with me in the past but this collection is a feast! I’ve known him for years as a serious socially-involved intellectual on a path of spiritual discovery. “ Poetic License: Reflections and Renderings is a gift to the universe. Jon Mundy,įormer Writing Instructor, University of Miami & Palm Beach Community College Matous, MA, Interfaith Minister, editor to Rev. There is much beauty and truth within this poetry that weds the clarity of logic with the depth of spiritual insight.” It’s the courageous musings of a soul through the illusion of separation toward the absolute knowing of Oneness. “I love and appreciate the poetry within this book.
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