Dan Ariely Quotes

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• Big Data is like teenage sex: everyone talks about it, nobody really knows how to do it, everyone thinks everyone else is doing it, so everyone claims they are doing it.

  Dan Ariely

  Witty, Sex, Teenage

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• Money is all about opportunity cost. Every time you spend on something, that's something you can't spend on something else.

  Dan Ariely

  Opportunity, Cost, Opportunity Cost

  "Mental depletion complicates financial decisions for the poor". Interview with Kristen Doerer, www.pbs.org. January 19, 2016.

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• One of the big lessons from behavioral economics is that we make decisions as a function of the environment that we're in.

  Dan Ariely

  Decision, Lessons, Environment

  "Mental depletion complicates financial decisions for the poor". Interview with Kristen Doerer, www.pbs.org. January 19, 2016.

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• We are all far less rational in our decision-making than standard economic theory assumes. Our irrational behaviors are neither random nor senseless: they are systematic and predictable. We all make the same types of mistakes over and over, because of the basic wiring of our brains.

  Dan Ariely

  Mistake, Decision, Brain

  "Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions". Book by Dan Ariely, February 19, 2008.

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• The more cashless our society becomes, the more our moral compass slips.

  Dan Ariely

  Our Society, Moral, Compass

  Dr. Dan Ariely (2013). “The Honest Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone--Especially Ourselves”, p.18, Harper Collins

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• that when given the opportunity, many honest people will cheat.

  Dan Ariely

  Opportunity, People, Honest

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• People are irrational - and predictably so.

  Dan Ariely

  People, Irrational

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• Even the most analytical thinkers are predictably irrational; the really smart ones acknowledge and address their irrationalities.

  Dan Ariely

  Smart, Addresses, Irrational

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• The idea that you will make the right decision every time is very unlikely.

  Dan Ariely

  Ideas, Decision, Unlikely

  "Mental depletion complicates financial decisions for the poor". Interview with Kristen Doerer, www.pbs.org. January 19, 2016.

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• 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 living to our potential, to get a sense of meaning. All of those things are positive.

  Dan Ariely

  Helping Others, People, Get Better

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• With everything you do, in fact, you should train yourself to question your repeated behaviors.

  Dan Ariely

  Facts, Behavior, Should

  Dan Ariely (2013). “The Irrational Bundle”, p.43, HarperCollins UK

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• We all want explanations for why we behave as we do and for the ways the world around us functions. Even when our feeble explanations have little to do with reality. We’re storytelling creatures by nature, and we tell ourselves story after story until we come up with an explanation that we like and that sounds reasonable enough to believe. And when the story portrays us in a more glowing and positive light, so much the better.

  Dan Ariely

  Believe, Reality, Light

  "The Honest Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone - Especially Ourselves". Book by Dan Ariely, www.huffingtonpost.com. 2012.

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• It is helpful to think of people as having two fundamental motivations: the desire to see ourselves as honest, good people, and the desire to gain the benefits that come from cheating - on our taxes or on the football field.

  Dan Ariely

  Football, Cheating, Motivation

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• 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 perhaps more than we should. We prize it more than it is worth. And most frequently, we have trouble letting go of it because we can’t stand the idea of its loss. What are we left with then? An ideology - rigid and unyielding.

  Dan Ariely

  Sports, Letting Go, Loss

  "Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions". Book by Dan Ariely, February 19, 2008.

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• Thinking is difficult and sometimes unpleasant.

  Dan Ariely

  Thinking, Sometimes, Difficult

  Dan Ariely (2009). “Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces that Shape Our Decisions”, p.16, HarperCollins UK

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• The major thing that holds you back when you're trying to change a bad habit like eating, smoking, or drinking too much is your belief you are out of control.

  Dan Ariely

  Drinking, Smoking, Trying

  Source: time.com

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• 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.

  Dan Ariely

  Ideas, Two, People

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• Marketing is all about providing information that will heighten someone's anticipated and real pleasure.

  Dan Ariely

  Real, Marketing, Information

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• Giving up on our long-term goals for immediate gratification, my friends, is procrastination.

  Dan Ariely

  Giving Up, Procrastination, Long

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• One percent of people will always be honest and never steal," the locksmith said. "Another one percent will always be dishonest and always try to pick your lock and steal your television. And the rest will be honest as long as the conditions are right - but if they are tempted enough, they'll be dishonest too. Locks won't protect you from the thieves, who can get in your house if they really want to. They will only protect you from the mostly honest people who might be tempted to try your door if it had no lock".

  Dan Ariely

  Doors, Long, People

  Dan Ariely (2012). “The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone – Especially Ourselves”, p.20, HarperCollins UK

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• When you're in pain, tomorrow doesn't exist - just the pain - and the only thing that you want in the world is for it to go away.

  Dan Ariely

  Pain, Going Away, World

  "Mental depletion complicates financial decisions for the poor". Interview with Kristen Doerer, www.pbs.org. January 19, 2016.

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• We don't really want a huge house, but we want the house to be slightly bigger than our neighbors, and a car that is bigger than our neighbor's, and they're going on vacation that's slightly more expensive, and this escalation happens that things got out of hand.

  Dan Ariely

  Vacation, Hands, Car

  The Big Think Interview, bigthink.com. November 18, 2009.

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• Your immediate environment is comprised of coffee shops, supermarkets, websites, apps and all kinds of things - none of which have an interest in your long-term or short-term financial well-being.

  Dan Ariely

  Coffee, Long, Financial

  "Mental depletion complicates financial decisions for the poor". Interview with Kristen Doerer, www.pbs.org. January 19, 2016.

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• If you get people to feel that they are putting something, that they are creating it and so on, their love for the project would increase. The more something is yours, the more you're willing to invest in it.

  Dan Ariely

  People

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• When parents have college savings accounts for their kids, their kids show higher social and cognitive performance.

  Dan Ariely

  Kids, College, Parent

  "Mental depletion complicates financial decisions for the poor". Interview with Kristen Doerer, www.pbs.org. January 19, 2016.

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