Title: 4 Ways Emotions Can Screw Up Your Decisions | Psychology Today
Headings: 4 Ways Emotions Can Screw Up Your Decisions
Amy Morin
4 Ways Emotions Can Screw Up Your Decisions
3. Sadness can make you settle.

Content: Feelings of sadness can cause you to settle. Research shows you're likely to set your goals lower when you're feeling sad. In one study, researchers asked participants to sell various objects. Participants who felt sad set their prices lower than the other participants. Researchers suspect that the participants' sadness led them to set the bar low, in hopes that achieving their goal would improve their mood. Creating low expectations for yourself can prevent you from reaching your greatest potential. You may decide not to apply for a promotion or you may not negotiate for what you want, just because you're feeling down. 4. Anger and embarrassment can lead to taking a long shot. Intense emotions can lead to rash decisions, and anger and embarrassment may make you particularly vulnerable to high-risk, low-payoff choices.