{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F98098d48-6c30-46b5-ad16-726062059390","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Episode 102: The Good Enough Decision","description":"Making decisions can be particularly challenging for people who have perfectionistic tendencies. And with so much uncertainty right now, decision making is even harder. This week, Janine and Shannon discuss striving for good enough, rather than perfect, when making decisions.\n\nDiscussion topics include:\n\n\u2022 Satisficers vs maximizers\n\u2022 How the maximizer likes to weigh all possible options in order to make the best possible decision\n\u2022 How the satisficer, by contrast, makes faster decisions with less research and struggle\n\u2022 The fact that, paradoxically, satisfiers tend to have more satisfaction with their decisions\n\u2022 How perfectionism can play into being a maximizer\n\u2022 How this played out in Janine\u2019s recent rug purchase\n\u2022 Shannon\u2019s strategy for making decisions easier (key ingredient: she figures out why the decision is important to her)\n\u2022 How this played out in Shannon and Janine\u2019s recent purchase of a podcasting microphone\n\u2022 Viewing decisions as \u201cfor now\u201d rather than forever\n\u2022 How the current uncertainty because of COVID-19 makes decision-making even harder\n\u2022 Shannon\u2019s strategy of healthily postponing decisions during times of uncertainty\n\u2022 How postponing decisions can actually create a little comforting certainty\n\u2022 Janine\u2019s approach to easy decisions\n\u2022 The two-out-of-three rule for making good enough decisions\n\u2022 Avoiding regret by recognizing you made the best decision you could at the time (and learning from it)\n\u2022 How Shannon makes choosing from a menu at a restaurant easier\n\u2022 Janine\u2019s tried-and-true strategy for ordering at a restaurant\n\nVisit the show notes at www.gettingtogoodenough.com for links!","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/cd2e0d56-1e2f-481a-8571-c4663350c6a6/648i5bBT0OJL-jqDq5kKTfH1.png"}