McGinnis coined the term FOBO, as well as FOMO, back in 2004 when he was a student at Harvard Business School and wrote an article titled “Social Theory at HBS: McGinnis’ Two FOs.” ...

“If you want to avoid feeling FOBO, you have to separate what you want from what you do to try to get it,” McGinnis said.

However, if you find yourself crippled with indecision, even when, say, all the available options are acceptable, you might be suffering from Fobo. Like Fomo, Fobo’s anxious sibling, which ...

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FOBO, or Fear of a Better Option, causes anxiety and leads to indecision due to the thought that better alternatives are constantly available. This mindset prevents commitment and results in last ...

Patrick coined the term FOMO (Fear of Missing Out), as well as the related term FOBO (Fear of a Better Option) in a 2004 article in the student newspaper of Harvard Business School. FOMO has since ...

The concept of FOMO is widely known these days. This term for “the fear of missing out” even made it into dictionaries starting in 2013. But fewer people are familiar with a related and similarly ...