Have you ever opened a menu with so many options that you forgot what you wanted to eat?

The same thing happens at work.

Give someone two clear choices and they can usually decide. Give them twelve options, four variations, three attachments, and a spreadsheet, and suddenly the decision requires another meeting.

This is Hick’s Law:

The more choices we face, the longer it takes to decide.

More options can feel helpful because they appear to provide freedom.

But too many options create comparison, hesitation, and decision fatigue.

Good leadership does not always mean presenting every possibility.

Sometimes it means doing the work beforehand and saying, “These are the two options that actually make sense.”

Choice is useful.

So is editing.