Decision Making

I Choose You … And You … And You?

We have hundreds of decisions to make every day—decision fatigue and the paradox of choice are real!

A pros and cons list will only get you so far…

What if there were more ways to weigh your options?

Scroll down to explore a new breed of decision making tools!

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Third Choice

When stuck trying to choose between two options, try adding a third choice.

Write down the decision you’re trying to make along with the two existing options. Now, add a third choice.

This third choice might be an equivalent alternative (e.g., add a third career path you hadn’t previously considered).
Or it might be creative compromise (e.g., see if you can do both internships, one after the other).

Adding a third choice doesn’t mean you need to go with this choice. The idea is simply to break the stalemate between the first two options by giving you something new to compare them to.

Once you’ve added your third choice, review the decision again and see if the answer comes easier to you now thanks to this new lens.