The ObservatoryThe focus compass
Go through the ideas that tempt you, weigh in what leads toward your goal, and choose the rest away for a week.
How it works
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- This week's limitChooseWrite
- After the weekWrite
Imagine standing in front of a buffet with fifty dishes. Your instinct is to taste everything, but the result is that you stress-eat your way through the table without really tasting anything. That is exactly how our men …
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Why does it work?
Whether too many options make us less satisfied is debated. One meta-analysis found on average no effect but large variation (Scheibehenne et al., 2010), and later analysis suggests it arises under certain conditions (Chernev et al., 2015). The point model itself is Mikael's own and has not been tested.
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