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Psychologist Barry Schwartz on letting the perfect be the enemy of the good:
Research shows that people get more satisfaction from working hard at one thing; and that those who always need to have choices and keep their options open get left behind. I'm not saying don't let your kid try out various interests or activities. I'm saying give them choices, but within reason. Most parents tell kids, "You can do anything you want, you can quit any time, you can try this other thing if you're not 100 percent satisfied with the other." It's no wonder they live their lives that way as adults, too. [Some Strathmore graduates] can't bear the thought that saying yes to one interest or opportunity means saying no to everything else, so they spend years hoping that the perfect answer will emerge. What they don't understand is that they're looking for the perfect answer when they should be looking for the good-enough answer.
-- quoted by Lori Gottlieb in How to Land Your Kid in Therapy.