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What If the Best Choice Is One You Haven’t Seen?

What If the Best Choice Is One You Haven’t Seen?

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February 10, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 11 minutes

Good Monday morning! Hope you had a great weekend and are feeling ready for the week ahead. Mondays are often about getting back into routine—but what if today, instead of settling into the usual choices, you looked for new possibilities?

That’s exactly what we’re exploring in today’s feature: Beyond Either/Or: How to See More Possibilities Than You Thought Existed. We often limit ourselves to just two choices when, in reality, there may be another way forward—one we might not immediately see. Let’s challenge that mindset and start expanding our thinking.

Beyond Either/Or: How to See More Possibilities Than You Thought Existed

What if the choices in front of you weren’t your only options?

We make countless decisions every day—small ones like what to eat, big ones like career moves. And more often than not, we default to an either/or mindset: Do I say yes or no? Take this job or stay where I am? Choose A or B? But what if there could be another way forward—one we don’t immediately see?

The Beyond Either/Or Experiment challenges you to break free from these automatic, binary choices. Instead of seeing only two paths, you learn to recognize possibilities beyond the default options. These unexpected solutions not only help in decision-making but also unlock creativity, innovation, and a more flexible mindset.

Why We Default to Either/Or Thinking

Our brains love efficiency—either/or thinking is a shortcut to avoid overanalyzing. This cognitive bias helps us make quick decisions, but it also limits our ability to see alternative solutions.

By consciously seeking more possibilities, you break the mental habit of black-and-white thinking and expand into more creative, open-ended problem-solving.

What Happens When You Start Looking Beyond Either/Or?

Increased Creativity – Thinking beyond two choices forces new solutions.
Better Decision-Making – No longer stuck between two extremes, you find unexpected options.
Less Stress – When you allow for the possibility of more options, decisions feel less rigid.
Expanded Perspective – Instead of “this or that,” you start thinking “what else?”

The Beyond Either/Or Challenge: One Week to Expand Your Thinking

For the next week, train yourself to break binary thinking. Here’s how:

1️⃣ Start Small

Take a routine decision and force yourself to create a new possibility.

Coffee or tea? Try matcha or a smoothie.
Work from home or the office? Work in a library, a café, or a park.
Read or watch TV? Try a podcast or an audio course.

2️⃣ Apply It to Bigger Decisions

The next time you’re facing a tough choice, pause before committing to one side and ask:

What’s another possibility I haven’t considered?
If neither A nor B existed, what would I do instead?
How could I blend elements of both into something new?

3️⃣ Look for Overlooked Choices in Conversations

When discussions feel like two opposing sides, challenge yourself to introduce a fresh angle:

Is there a middle ground we haven’t explored?
What’s a completely different perspective we haven’t considered?

Final Takeaway: The More You Look, The More You See

Once you start challenging binary thinking, you may realize that sometimes there are more than two choices. The more you look for new possibilities, the more you’ll find—and sometimes, the best option is the one you never saw coming.

What’s one unexpected solution you can create today?

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