So the best strategy would be to maximize, and then when you feel dissatisfied, remind yourself that this feeling is misplaced, since you’ve probably achieved a situation that is objectively better than the one you would have achieved via satisficing. Will that actually work to de-fuse the feeling of dissatisfaction, I wonder? (Personally, I am a habitual satisficer, and feel pretty happy about most things in my life, while recognizing that there are many ways I could have done better.)
Here’s a more viable strategy. Ask a friend to pick your house for you, maximizing to his/her heart’s content, and narrowing it down to 2-3 choices for you to personally pick from. This negates any dissatisfaction you might feel about maximizing, because you didn’t have to.
I (a habitual satisficer) have a similar arrangement with my husband (an occasional maximizer) about car purchases. He researches a bunch and picks a few possibilities, from which I choose.
I have an identical arrangement with my wife. She does the research and narrows it down, I make the final choice so she doesn’t have to deal with maximizing.
So the best strategy would be to maximize, and then when you feel dissatisfied, remind yourself that this feeling is misplaced, since you’ve probably achieved a situation that is objectively better than the one you would have achieved via satisficing. Will that actually work to de-fuse the feeling of dissatisfaction, I wonder? (Personally, I am a habitual satisficer, and feel pretty happy about most things in my life, while recognizing that there are many ways I could have done better.)
Here’s a more viable strategy. Ask a friend to pick your house for you, maximizing to his/her heart’s content, and narrowing it down to 2-3 choices for you to personally pick from. This negates any dissatisfaction you might feel about maximizing, because you didn’t have to.
I (a habitual satisficer) have a similar arrangement with my husband (an occasional maximizer) about car purchases. He researches a bunch and picks a few possibilities, from which I choose.
I have an identical arrangement with my wife. She does the research and narrows it down, I make the final choice so she doesn’t have to deal with maximizing.