How to make better decisions

Try dimming the lights before you make up your mind…

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How to make better decisions

When it comes to making important decisions, particularly ones where emotions can cloud your judgment, try this little trick for more relaxed, rational evaluations

When it comes to making important decisions, particularly ones where emotions can cloud your judgment, try dimming the lights before you make up your mind. Research* has shown that bright lights make us feel emotion more intensely and could therefore lead us to make less rational decisions in certain situations. Try flicking the switch and lighting a candle for more relaxed, rational evaluations.

*‘The way a room is lit can affect the way you make decisions’, University of Toronto, (February 20, 2014) http://ose.utsc.utoronto.ca/ose/story.php?id=5883

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