Study shows irreversible decisions make people happier than reversible ones
Sam Parr · How To Get Ahead of 99% of People (Starting Today) · Oct 17, 2025 · at 3:37
Entrepreneur and podcaster Sam Parr describes Dan Gilbert's psychological experiment on decision-making and happiness.
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“Group one, the group that was allowed to change out their art if they were unhappy with them, they were less and less happy with the art that they picked over time because they kept wondering, did they choose wrong? Group two, the ones that had to be locked in to the ones that they originally picked, they actually got happier when they measured them over time or over the trailing handful of months. They convinced themselves that they loved the piece of art that they picked.”
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