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“An insightful study that winningly argues its subtitle.” (Philadelphia Inquirer )
“Schwartz lays out a convincing argument.... [He] is a crisp, engaging writer with an excellent sense of pace.” (Austin American-Statesman )
“Schwartz offers helpful suggestions of how we can manage our world of overwhelming choices.” (St. Petersburg Times )
“Wonderfully readable.” (Washington Post )
“Schwartz has plenty of insightful things to say about the perils of everyday life.” (Booklist )
“With its clever analysis, buttressed by sage New Yorker cartoons, The Paradox of Choice is persuasive.” (BusinessWeek )
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In the spirit of Alvin Toffler’s Future Shock, a social critique of our obsession with choice, and how it contributes to anxiety, dissatisfaction and regret. This paperback includes a new P.S. section with author interviews, insights, features, suggested readings, and more.
Whether we’re buying a pair of jeans, ordering a cup of coffee, selecting a long-distance carrier, applying to college, choosing a doctor, or setting up a 401(k), everyday decisions--both big and small--have become increasingly complex due to the overwhelming abundance of choice with which we are presented.
We assume that more choice means better options and greater satisfaction. But beware of excessive choice: choice overload can make you question the decisions you make before you even make them, it can set you up for unrealistically high expectations, and it can make you blame yourself for any and all failures. In the long run, this can lead to decision-making paralysis, anxiety, and perpetual stress. And, in a culture that tells us that there is no excuse for falling short of perfection when your options are limitless, too much choice can lead to clinical depression.
In The Paradox of Choice, Barry Schwartz explains at what point choice--the hallmark of individual freedom and self-determination that we so cherish--becomes detrimental to our psychological and emotional well-being. In accessible, engaging, and anecdotal prose, Schwartz shows how the dramatic explosion in choice--from the mundane to the profound challenges of balancing career, family, and individual needs--has paradoxically become a problem instead of a solution. Schwartz also shows how our obsession with choice encourages us to seek that which makes us feel worse.
By synthesizing current research in the social sciences, Schwartz makes the counterintuitive case that eliminating choices can greatly reduce the stress, anxiety, and busyness of our lives. He offers eleven practical steps on how to limit choices to a manageable number, have the discipline to focus on the important ones and ignore the rest, and ultimately derive greater satisfaction from the choices you have to make.
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Drôle et sérieux à la fois,
Ce commentaire fait référence à cette édition : The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less (Broché)
J'ai acheté et lu ce livre en version française et américaine .Ce livre fait une synthèse des paradoxes que posent le choix . Pour avoir un semblant de liberté il faut avoir la possibilité du choix et tout à la fois trop de choix tuent la liberté et surtout nous amènent à la frustration du style : " j'ai pris ce produit mais l'autre n'est -il pas meilleur ?" et ainsi de suite.. Il nous fait aussi prendre en compte le Temps que l'on perd devant la multitude de choix proposés : Un exemple basique : Les oeufs ; Auparavant il y avait les oeufs provenant de la ferme et ceux provenant des élevages en batterie (2 choix) ; De nos jours pour ceux qui fréquentent encore les supermarchés, ils peuvent passer un temps infini à savoir lesquels choisir, tellement le choix est devenu important et ridicule . ce livre est drôle et pose des questions assez profondes sur notre société de consommation à outrance ! A lire absolument ! Aidez d'autres clients à trouver les commentaires les plus utiles
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Ce commentaire fait référence à cette édition : The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less (Broché)
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that we have far more choices than needed in this consumerist world. We experience it everyday when we need and/or want to buy something, be it a new pair of trousers, furnitures or cereals. And personally, I don't see what this 230+ pages book brings to the topic. The author would have been really helpful had he extracted the gist of his book and produced instead a 10 pages article. My expectations were really high for this Business Week Top Ten Book Of The Year winner. I hoped there will be at least some kind of discussion on the real reasons why we have so many choices in life. There are at least an obvious potential one and that is the way Capitalism is implemented. However, the author sticks to the idea that choice means freedom and the more choices we have, the freer we are but this comes at a cost and we should reason ourselves to stick with "good enough" and not seek "the best" to avoid insatisfaction and sadness. This is not my conception of freedom.
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