Chatterbox #291 – Decision paralysis

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🗓️ 6 July 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Making decisions isn’t always easy, especially these days, when there are so many options for us to pick from. If you’ve ever felt stuck when faced with choices, you’re not alone! This sensation is called decision paralysis and many people face it, including Culips hosts Andrew and Anna. Listen in as they talk about this sensation and how they work through it. Culips’ Chatterbox series is designed for intermediate and advanced English learners. All Chatterbox episodes feature natural conversations between two native English speakers. Listening to these audio lessons helps to improve your grammar, vocabulary, and listening skills so that you can build your fluency. You’ll be able to speak English naturally with Culips, and you might even learn something interesting along the way. Fun facts Studies show that decision paralysis, also known as choice paralysis or analysis paralysis, often leads to procrastination. Those who experience this become so overwhelmed with the options available that they avoid making a decision, and instead do something else Expressions included in the study guide To let the world pass you by In the heat of the moment On a whim Click of a finger Put one’s finger on it Grass is always greener Copyright: Culips.com For more information about this episode, visit culips.com. Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Step On by Jahzzar Image: Victoriano Izquierdo (Unsplash.com)

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0:00.0	Hey there everyone, it's Andrew here. Last year I had a goal of reading 10 novels in Korean, my second language.
0:08.8	Unfortunately, I wasn't able to meet my goal and I only ended up reading six books. There are many reasons why I think
0:17.1	I wasn't able to reach this goal and most of them are probably familiar to a lot of you. Things like getting busy, having life get in the way, feeling
0:27.0	unmotivated, being tired, procrastinating too much, losing sight of the big picture, or generally just being lazy.
0:37.2	These all played a part in preventing me from reaching my goal.
0:41.2	But there was another thing that had an effect on how much I read last year and it wasn't
0:46.0	immediately evident to me. But now that I've had some time to think about my reading habits
0:51.2	from last year, I realized that decision paralysis is partially
0:56.3	responsible for my failure.
0:59.0	Let me explain.
1:00.9	Decision paralysis is the idea that having a lot of options available to us can be overwhelming.
1:08.0	The word paralysis, let me say that again slowly because it's a difficult word to say.
1:14.0	Paralysis.
1:16.0	This word means unable to move.
1:18.0	So for example, someone might have paralysis in their legs
1:22.0	after being in a car accident.
1:24.7	In that situation, the person would be unable to walk or move their legs, right,
1:29.8	due to the accident.
1:31.4	We could also talk about political paralysis where nothing happens in a country.
1:37.6	No new laws, no decisions made, no progress because the political parties spend more time fighting against each other than actually working together, for example.
1:48.0	Maybe you can think of some countries that operate like that.
1:52.0	So this word paralysis then is all about being stuck
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