The Surprising Importance of Choice
I heard a great story about choice on a recent episode of The Morgan Housel Podcast. As a young child, Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s days were highly structured and dictated by rules. He hated it. Little FDR shared, “Mom, from the time I wake up to the time I go to bed, there is a strict structure that I have to follow throughout the entire day.” His mother, Sarah Roosevelt, agreed to give him a day of absolute freedom. He could do whatever he wanted, whenever he wanted. Sarah would later write in her diary that FDR woke up that day and resumed his regular schedule. He did it on his terms and quite happily. What?