Our 20s can feel hard because of all the choices we need to make. But it can feel harder when we aren’t given (or feel like we aren’t given) a choice at all.
People need a sense of agency over their lives. We need to feel like we are in control, and this comes through being able to make decisions (regardless of how important the decisions are).
If you provide people with one option, they may be reluctant or adverse to commit. Even if they realise it’s the only viable option, their buy-in will be impacted because they weren’t able to make a decision.
This isn’t the case for everything, but some people will feel better about taking action simply because they were given the opportunity to decide.
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