The latest anxiety-inducing trend is “FOBO” — or “fear of a better option.” In other words, people are constantly ruminating ...

But fewer people are familiar with a related and similarly potent force: FOBO. If you’re someone ... author and venture capitalist Patrick McGinnis told HuffPost. “This specifically refers ...

Patrick is a venture capitalist and the author ... and gave a popular 2019 TED Talk on FOBO and decision-making that has surpassed 1.5 million views. Originally from Maine, he has visited 103 ...

So what’s FOBO? An evil cousin of FOMO, indeed. Venture capitalist and author Patrick James McGinnis, who coined the word FOMO, is the person who coined FOBO as well. What is FOBO?

Author and venture capitalist Patrick McGinnis coined the term FOBO, in addition to the related FOMO, while he was a student at Harvard Business School in 2004. He broke down the concepts in an ...

“FOBO, or fear of a better option, is the anxiety that something better will come along, which makes it undesirable to commit to existing choices when making a decision,” author and venture capitalist ...

Author and venture capitalist Patrick McGinnis coined the term FOBO, in addition to the related FOMO, while he was a student at Harvard Business School in 2004. He broke down the concepts in an ...