Barry Schwartz is best known for his ground breaking book The Paradox of Choice: Why More is Less. It was named one of the top business books of the year by Business Week and Forbes Magazine, and has been translated into twenty languages. Schwartz has written ten books and numerous articles that have appeared in The New York Times, the Chronicle of Higher Education, USA Today, Advertising Age, Slate, Scientific American, The New Republic, Newsday, the Harvard Business Review, and the Guardian. He's appeared on NPR’s Morning Edition, Talk of the Nation, Anderson Cooper 360 (CNN), the Lehrer News Hour (PBS), and CBS Sunday Morning. As our latest guest writer Schwartz looks at how too many choices can paralyze people, making them dissatisfied with even good decisions. As for writing advice? He shares tips here with Suite101 Psychology Feature Writer Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen.

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