The reason I make my clients search my office for a pen, a coffee cup, or my elderly, immobile beagle is because many of us do this with major life decisions.

• 我让他们在我的办公室里寻找一支钢笔、咖啡杯，或我那条老迈不动弹的小猎犬是因为我们许多人在面临人生重大决定时也在采取这个态度。