Q: How can I get over decision paralysis? A: I feel this one. I think we all do. By most estimates, the average person makes around 35,000 decisions per day. Most of those are small choices like what ...

Decision paralysis impacts people who struggle to make a decision, often because they’re faced with too much information or too many options. Your website may be contributing to people’s frustration ...

Whether this choice paralysis is brought on by chronic decision fatigue or from the anxiety that uncertainty can cause (hello, “what if” scenarios!), having decision paralysis can be incredibly ...

After two decades of studying how people think, choose, and act upon their impulses, Paul Chan and David Brudenell identified a primary problem: that decision-making is broken. This wasn’t because ...

The more I reflect on human nature, the more I see how our contradictions are deeply embedded in the way we make decisions, especially hard ones. As business leaders who bear the brunt of decision ...

A recent article in the New York Times, "Overwhelmed in the Wine Aisle? Follow This Advice," points out that even if you're a sophisticated oenophile visiting a wine shop, you may be overwhelmed by ...

We’ve all seen decision paralysis before. A recent incident showed us something profound—that the complete lack of ability to make a decision can happen to anyone, but that with the right strategies, ...

“I can’t make the right decision. Every decision I make will impact someone, and someone will get angry.” That’s what a long-time client told me after being tasked with a particularly tricky situation ...

Welcome to Pressing Questions, Fast Company’s work-life advice column. Every week, deputy editor Kathleen Davis, host of The New Way We Work podcast, will answer the biggest and most pressing ...