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Define minimum acceptability thresholds before searching for
Define minimum acceptability thresholds before searching for options, then commit to the first option that exceeds all thresholds.
Why This Is a Principle
This PRINCIPLE operationalizes satisficing based on Human beings make decisions under conditions of incomplete (bounded rationality/satisficing), Directed Attention as Depletable Resource (finite cognitive resources), and Increasing options decreases satisfaction and increases (increasing options decreases satisfaction). It prescribes a SEQUENCE of actions (define, search, commit) rather than stating how cognition works. Highly actionable and general.