Tag: Dan Ariely
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This explains the irrational working of human brain
Adopted from the following great insight shared by Dan Ariely from the book Predictably Irrational “People are willing to work free, and they are willing to work for a reasonable wage; but offer them just a small payment and they will walk away.”
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This is when we procrastinate
Adopted from the following great insight shared by Dan Ariely from the book Predictably Irrational “Giving up on our long-term goals for immediate gratification, my friends, is procrastination.”
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This is why MONEY and MOTIVATION do not necessarily go hand in hand
Adopted from the following great saying of Dan Ariely from his book Predictably Irrational.. “To summarize, using money to motivate people can be a double-edged sword. For tasks that require cognitive ability, low to moderate performance-based incentives can help. But when the incentive level is very high, it can command too much attention and thereby…
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What should be the MODERN DAY DEFINITION of LABOR?
Inspired from the following saying of Dan Ariely from his book Predictably Irrational, throws light on the modern day definition of labor. When we think about labor, we usually think about motivation and payment as the same thing, but the reality is that we should probably add all kinds of things to it – meaning,…
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Negative effects of Division of Labor
Adopted from the following great saying of Dan Ariely from his book Predictably Irrational.. “…[D]ivision of labor, in my mind, is one of the dangers of work-based technology. Modern IT infrastructure allows us to break projects into very small, discrete parts and assign each person to do only one of the many parts. In so…
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This is Motivation 3.0 in action
Motivation 3.0 a term coined by Daniel Pink in his book Drive is based on intrinsic motivation.Accordingly to him for work that need creativity and innovation money can lead to opposite results when it comes to motivation since the overarching purpose of doing something larger than life is what motivates these individuals more than money.Think…
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Every brand communicates these TWO things
Adopted from the following great saying of Dan Ariely from his book Predictably Irrational.. “Brands communicate in two directions: they help us tell other people something about ourselves, but they also help us form ideas about who we are.”
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This is what happens when we live our lives for the service of others
Adopted from the great saying of Dan Ariely from his book Predictably Irrational , shows the positive effects of living our lives for the service of others.. “The things that motivate us are to help other people, to feel that we’re useful, to feel that we’re getting better, to feel that we are kind of…
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Our behavior when we “Own an Idea”
Adopted from the following great saying of Dan Ariely from Predictably Irrational exposes a quirk in human psychology.. “Ownership is not limited to material things. It can also apply to points of view. Once we take ownership of an idea – whether it’s about politics or sports – what do we do? We love it…
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We are all prone to telling lies to ourselves
Adopted from the following great insight shared by Dan Ariely in his book Predictably Irrational shows that psychologically all human beings are prone to lie to ourselves in order to feel better.. We all want explanations for why we behave as we do and for the ways the world around us functions. Even when our…