{"product_id":"fear-of-missing-out-practical-decision-making-in-a-world-of-overwhelming-choice-9781492694946","title":"Fear of Missing Out: Practical Decision-Making in a World of Overwhelming Choice","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat are you really missing out on?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou're home on a Friday night, scrolling through Instagram, ready to go to bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou see pictures on your timeline of a party you were invited to, but didn't go to. You were confident when you said no, but now you can't stop thinking about it, and you start feeling worse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou have FOMO, or, Fear of Missing Out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCoined in a Harvard Business School article, FOMO has become a global term to describe the decimating anxiety when thinking other people are having better, more fulfilling, experiences than you are. It's a natural, biological response, but that doesn't make it feel any better. Amplified by the rise of social media, #FOMO has become a cultural crisis--so what's the cure?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePatrick McGinnis, creator of the term FOMO, has been thinking about it for seventeen years--and he has a solution: decision-making. Learning to weigh the costs and benefits of your choices, prioritizing your decisions, and listening to your gut are central to silencing FOMO and its lesser-known cousin, FOBO: Fear of a Better Option. After all, don't you want to feel comfortable and confident in your decisions?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten with self-evaluations throughout the book, \u003cem\u003eFear of Missing Out: Practical Decision Making in a World of Overwhelming Choice\u003c\/em\u003e helps you ascertain and eliminate the parts of your life that are causing more anxiety than happiness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo give this a read, and then go to that party, start that new book, create a new goal--or don't. Make that decision, and be confident in it: it's the first of many of its kind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sourcebooks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781492694946\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.50w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/23\/2020\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Patrick J. McGinnis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36653758709916,"sku":"9781492694946","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_b31b9cae-7797-4219-948f-74877a6a4247.jpg?v=1603882193","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/fear-of-missing-out-practical-decision-making-in-a-world-of-overwhelming-choice-9781492694946","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}