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.
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.
- 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 are all far less rational in our decision-making than standard economic theory assumes. Our irrational behaviors are neither random nor senseless:…
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 …
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.
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.
People are irrational - and predictably so. - Dan Ariely
People are irrational - and predictably so.
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.
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.
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.
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