We tell ourselves and our kids to make good choices, but research shows high-stakes decisions are actually easier to discern than low-stakes ones. The pressure we place on decision-making may be overstated.
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Make good choices. Have you ever said that to anybody? Make good choices? Have you ever told that to yourself? Oh, I just have to make a good choice. What we know from recent research about decision making is that high end decisions are actually easy to discern and sometimes easier to discern than lower end choices. It's a very interesting. It's a very interesting decision making process. What's where this thing about make good choices comes from, though, is that we often tell that to our kids or ourselves or the people around us. It's like, hey, just make a good choice. You know, make a good choice. You've got all these things, make it a good choice. The truth is, really, if you think about it, a choice is a choice, a decision is a decision.