Originally published by Gretchen Rubin on LinkedIn: When Making Decisions, Are You a Satisficer or a Maximizer? Self-knowledge is a key to a happy life, but it's very hard to know ourselves. One ...

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According to new research from Florida State University, your decision-making style (whether you’re a maximizer or a “satisficer”) determines how content (or not content) you will be with your spouse ...

I watched two co-founders — we’ll call them Walt and Jesse — decide which job applicants to interview. Walt brought extensive notes for each of the eight candidates: highlights of their experience, ...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Does a wider range of choices lead to greater satisfaction? Not necessarily, a Swarthmore psychologist contends. Barry Schwartz's research helps to explain the reaction of ...

Anyone who has searched for a job fresh out of college knows how difficult it is to get that first job. Sending out hundreds of resumes, only to get a few interviews in the end – if you’re lucky! — ...

I was sitting in the lobby of the Hyatt Regency in San Antonio last weekend; my flight wasn’t until later and I was basking in the glow of a successful Bogleheads conference. (Bogleheads are investors ...

There are two types of decision makers, and each of them navigates how to make decisions a little bit differently. But that suffocating anxiety that can surface when we’re wondering how to make ...