A friend recently sent me an article. The closing paragraph in this article sums up the idea that many choices leads to much pain:
The notion that one can do anything is clearly liberating. But life without constraints has also proved a recipe for endless searching, endless questioning of aspirations. It has made this generation obsessed with self-development and determined, for as long as possible, to minimise personal commitments in order to maximise the options open to them. One might see this as a sign of extended adolescence.
Eventually, they will be forced to realise that living is as much about closing possibilities as it is about creating them.
[Click for full article: http://msittig.freeshell.org/articles/FinT_TribalWorkers.html]
We gain by giving, realize freedom by restricting our choices. Success in the art of choosing, I feel is tied to the art of minimizing. The less choice you have, the more content you will be and the faster you will act. Decide and do, rather than sit and wait on multiple choices.