It can well explain a person's instinct of 1. Profit-seeking and 2. Avoidance in economics.
Profit-seeking: when choosing, people will instinctively choose the situation that is beneficial to them. For example, when the road turns, people often step on the lawn and take a straight shortcut, because people can reduce the time of turning, which is beneficial to individuals.
Avoidance: People will instinctively choose to avoid this situation when facing danger or loss. Similarly, for example, in the last example, the authorities thought that the shortcut of trampling on the lawn seriously reduced the moral quality of the whole city, so they arranged personnel to impose fines on those who trampled on the lawn, so people naturally reduced the behavior of trampling on the lawn in anticipation of economic losses.
When making a choice, people will instinctively predict the possible results after the choice. Take buying clothes as an example. You saw a dress with good style and material from thousands of clothes in a clothing store. After trying it on, the image and temperament have improved several grades. This is your personal interest in buying this dress. Obviously, profit-seeking is at work.
After some bargaining, the price is still far beyond your financial ability. Buying this dress means that you have to scrimp and save in the next few months, and reduce the consumption expenditure on entertainment, catering and so on. This is your loss expectation after buying this dress. You don't want to reduce your other consumption expenses, so you have to reluctantly give up this dress and then avoid it.
To sum up, what we have to do is to analyze the influence of the two dimensions of seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages on ourselves when choosing. As long as the benefits after selection outweigh the losses, you can do it boldly. If the loss expectation is greater than the income expectation, give up the choice. This will make your choice much easier. Therefore, the choice needs to be cautious.
In addition, after careful choice, don't dwell on the benefits of choice. There are not many choices where the advantages outweigh the disadvantages or the disadvantages outweigh the advantages. Try to accept the result. This is your responsibility as a person. It is better to hold your head high than to be indecisive. There is still a long way to go. If you miss the blooming of this flower, there is still a flower season waiting for you.
Choice, no regrets is enough.