Because cheating is easier when we can justify our behavior, people often cheat in small amounts: We can come up with an excuse for stealing Post-It notes, but it is much more difficult to come up with an excuse for taking $10,000 from petty cash.
We are all far less rational in our decision-making than standard economic theory assumes. Our irrational behaviors are neither random nor senseless:… - Dan Ariely
We are all far less rational in our decision-making than standard economic theory assumes. Our irrational behaviors are neither random nor senseless:…
- Dan Ariely
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 … - Dan Ariely
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 …
Even the most analytical thinkers are predictably irrational; the really smart ones acknowledge and address their irrationalities. - Dan Ariely
Even the most analytical thinkers are predictably irrational; the really smart ones acknowledge and address their irrationalities.
Marketing is all about providing information that will heighten someone's anticipated and real pleasure. - Dan Ariely
Marketing is all about providing information that will heighten someone's anticipated and real pleasure.
With everything you do, in fact, you should train yourself to question your repeated behaviors. - Dan Ariely
With everything you do, in fact, you should train yourself to question your repeated behaviors.
The idea that you will make the right decision every time is very unlikely. - Dan Ariely
The idea that you will make the right decision every time is very unlikely.
Giving up on our long-term goals for immediate gratification, my friends, is procrastination. - Dan Ariely
Giving up on our long-term goals for immediate gratification, my friends, is procrastination.
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
One of the big lessons from behavioral economics is that we make decisions as a function of the environment that we're in.
People are irrational - and predictably so. - Dan Ariely
People are irrational - and predictably so.
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