Hi Everyone,
The blog that I was going to post today just wasn’t happening. Since, The Art of Choosing, by Sheena Iyengar, has been on my list of blogs to post for over three years and it was the next blog on my list, I decided to post it early.
The Art of Choosing, is the first book that I know of on the decision-making process. About six months after I discovered this book, I noticed other newer books on the topic and have watched several interviews. Had other authors decided to put their spin on the decision-making process because of Sheena’s TED TALKS in July 2010? Perhaps. In my opinion, everyone should read, The Art of Choosing. This is why.
In late of 2012, I read the description for, Allan Gregg In Conversation, on TVO and I knew I had to watch his interview with Sheena Iyengar, the author of, The Art of Choosing. It was a fabulous interview and I knew I had to have the book. Less than two weeks later, I watched Fareed Zakaria interview Sheena Iyengar, on his show, GPS. I bought it a few months later and read it immediately as more dust collected on the dust-jackets of my unread books. I was not disappointed.
Indecision in anyone, including myself, drives me crazy, around the bend, pushes me to my limits, ERRRR!! Because I can’t decide, I’ll let you pick how indecision affects you and me. To me it is the world’s biggest waste of time! I am serious.
If you do not work directly with the public, meaning face-to-face interactions, stand back and watch how long it takes some people to decide on what they want. It is exhausting! Most people have no clue and remain clueless for what seems like seven lifetimes! Not only are they frustrated, the person serving them and the people waiting to be served are too!
The majority of people don’t care about the people behind them or the person with a forced smile and the patience of a six saints serving them. And they clearly don’t care about their time, or the time of others! As a former salesperson, I have seen my share of indecision. It is ugly. My urinary tract has never been the same.
Decades before I read, The Art of Choosing, I would leave a line or a store if I couldn’t decide on what I wanted in 30 seconds or less. We all have the power of choice. But how many of us know how to use it? And just how much choice do we really have? Is having choice all that it is cracked up to be or can it make us crack? Reading, The Art of Choosing, by Sheena Iyengar will give you a better idea. It did for me.
To refresh my memory, I read random pages that had sentences underlined. Then I began reading random pages. My favourite chapter still is, I, Robot? It helped me understand why I don’t do what a lot of people do. Then there is also something I wrote on an opening page. It is, “There’s no value in what everyone has.”
If you would rather watch a video than read a book, I would highly recommend you watch at least one of Sheena’s TED TALKS. The choice is up to you. Sheena may be blind, but what she has to say is a real eye-opener.
Thank you for reading, A. Rebel’s Rant! ;D
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