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A radio producer in Washington, D.C., got a promotion a few years ago on the grounds that he was a "good decision-maker." Self-deprecating to a fault, he reminded his bosses that many of the decisions he'd made since joining the station hadn't exactly worked out. They didn't care. "Being a good decision-maker means you're good at making decisions," one executive cheerily told him. "It doesn't mean you make good decisions."
This boss figured that the station had less to fear from periodic screwups than from the day-in, day-out paralysis of someone too cowed by choice to choose at all. He had a point. A few decades of research has made it clear that most people are ...
- TO CHOOSE OR NOT TO CHOOSE.(Barry Schwartz on decision making)
- Magazine article from: WWD Seckler, Valerie November 26, 2003 700+ words
...author-psychologist Barry Schwartz has his way, people...The Paradox of Choice" (Harper Collins...want virtually no choice." In his book...expanding number of choices in all parts of...to question the choices they do make. The...ever be certain a choice they made is truly...
- Media Blitzes Spark Explosive Campaign Finales; Barry-Schwartz Contest Becoming...
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Rene Sanchez November 4, 1994 700+ words
...her candidacy. In one, she uses an excerpt from a Washington Post endorsement. In another, a narrator calls her "the only choice" in the race and a candidate who will "lower our taxes" and fight for education, safety and job opportunities. Other ads...
- BARRY SCHWARTZ NICHOLS' ATTORNEY ENJOYS TACKLING COMPLEX LITIGATION.(Local)
- Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) Abbott, Karen May 19, 2001 700+ words
Byline: Karen Abbott News Staff Writer Barry Schwartz has a thank-you note from Terry Nichols framed on the...and practicing law.'' CAPTION(S): Photo Attorney Barry Schwartz stands next to a thank-you note from Terry Nichols...
- SCHWARTZ SIZES UP TRACK RECORD.(Barry Schwartz)
- Magazine article from: WWD Feitelberg, Rosemary October 19, 2004 700+ words
...Association during some of its most trying times in decades, Barry Schwartz is moving on -- but where that may lead, he's not quite...I feel about life...," he laughed. Caption(s): Barry Schwartz at Belmont Park.
- Barry, Schwartz Differ On Regional Tax Proposal For D.C.
- Newspaper article from: Washington Informer Alvin Peabody October 5, 1994 700+ words
Alvin Peabody Washington Informer 10-05-1994 Barry, Schwartz Differ On Regional Tax Proposal For D.C.. By Alvin Peabody Early this week, D.C. Democratic mayoral candidate Marion Barry...
- Barry Schwartz: have sticks, will play.
- Magazine article from: Westchester County Business Journal Rozycki, Bob February 21, 2005 700+ words
...and became a team and where Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr. would stop by and belt out tunes. Answer: same person, Barry Schwartz; still in the TV industry and still drumming. Though he's now senior vice president of integrated sales and marketing...
- Calvin Klein and Barry Schwartz.
- Magazine article from: W Socha, Miles June 1, 2000 700+ words
Calvin Klein and Barry Schwartz have a new theme song: "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off." Six months after hiring investment bank Lazard Fr[grave{e...
- Calvin Klein, Schwartz raise Minnetonka stake. (Barry Schwartz)
- Magazine article from: WWD April 1, 1986 700+ words
Calvin Klein, Schwartz raise Minnetonka stake Calvin Klein and Barry Schwartz have increased their holdings in Minnetonka, Inc., to approximately 6.7 percent, the business partners announced Monday...