People get overwhelmed with choices, bombarded with information, and become afraid of the risk of drawing a line in the sand. Psychologists have a term for this — choice overload. In the presence of an abundance of information or too many choices, people often become overwhelmed and frozen. Those individuals inevitably revert to what is easiest, effectively making no decision at all. That can be dangerous in business and in life.
Although this post had absolutely nothing to do with dating, I do believe this is, in essence, the definitive explanation for the current dating crisis in urban centers (particularly New York). So many wonderful people to date - and yet we are paralyzed with indecision. What if someone better is out there? What if we’re making the “wrong” choice? What if, what if, what if?
