Are you the kind of person who is constantly looking for the optimal solution to things? Whether it’s about what to eat or where to live? Chances are you are less happy than those who are “satisficying”. To satisfice doesn’t mean always choosing the not-so-good thing. There can be certain criteria to be met for that too. Satisficers have time to enjoy themselves whereas optimizers are just never, or at least not very often, content.

See this post: http://rationallyspeaking.blogspot.com/2006/07/happiness-data.html

I’m thinking was thinking about this in a business perspective. Too much optimization and you’ll just never get anything done. Others will outrun you big time. Satisficers on the other hand should be able to do a good job. They are moving fast and finding solutions that are good enough. But if attention to detail is important to what they do, then they might not be that well off.

Tags: decision making, optimizing, psychology, satisficing

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