? Heuristic of the Day: Incremental Decision-Making

Let’s just hope there are no leaks in the plumbing that should have been fixed first!

Incremental Decision-Making is a preference to make many small decisions one after the other instead of one big decision in one go.?The same applies to evaluations and judgments - people find it easier (and therefore, prefer) to make multiple, smaller evaluations instead of a large complicated evaluation.

The problem is you commit yourself to a decision based only on a first step, not the entirety of the decision.

When you step back and look at the entirety of the problem, you might realize new and important information that can better inform your next step. It might help you to reassess if that added step is really worth it.

So stop making your decisions based on today's little commitment and start saying "goodbye" to Incremental Decision-Making by taking a grander look at your problem and how it fits into your life.

Read more about Incremental Decision-Making at the Heuristics Science Insitute.

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