Dan Ariely Quotes About Giving

Quotes about: Giving

• I don't know what exactly the translation is but when we do consume something now, something else has to give at some point.

  Dan Ariely

  Giving, Translations, Knows

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

• Money is a great way to get happiness. Right? Lots of wonderful things you can do with money. The question is, are we really optimizing on that? So, if you think about getting lattes and getting cable. Which one of those is actually giving you a greater happiness, and if you have to cut on one of those, which one would you cut? So, I think thinking in terms of concrete terms would help us a great deal.

  Dan Ariely

  Cutting, Thinking, Giving

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

• The people that lend you money basically give you an answer based on the risk that they are willing to take. But just because a bank is willing to take a particular risk doesn't mean that that is the right amount for me to spend.

  Dan Ariely

  Mean, People, Giving

  "Poverty makes financial decisions harder. Behavioral economics can help". Interview with Kristen Doerer, www.pbs.org. January 20, 2016.

• In total, by giving people $30 bonus, Intel lost almost 5 percent of productivity. That's a lot. Now, think about it. You give money because you think this would increase motivation. It actually decreases motivation.

  Dan Ariely

  Motivation, Thinking, People

  Source: www.pbs.org

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

  Dan Ariely

  Giving Up, Procrastination, Long

• Money actually becomes even more difficult than other things because it's very hard to imagine what the benefits are to saving. So, imagine that you see a new bicycle, a new pair of shoes, or something today. You know exactly what you are giving up if you are not buying it, what are you gaining in the future if you are not getting it. So, you are giving up the bicycle today, what is it in the future? What will happen if you send another $1,000 to your retirement fund? What difference will it make? It is very, very hard to figure out.

  Dan Ariely

  Retirement, Giving Up, Shoes

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

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