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Sunk Cost Fallacy: Why You Stay on the Wrong Train (and How to Overcome It)

“Grainy, faded photo of a person sitting alone on a train station bench watching a train approach, symbolizing the sunk cost fallacy and staying on the wrong train.”

It usually starts with a sentence that sounds sensible. “I’ve already put so much into this.” I hear it in therapy rooms. I see it in survey data. I catch it in my own choices, too. If you read this, you’ll leave with three things: a name for the pattern that makes staying feel safer […]