Dan Ariely Quotes About Decisions

Quotes about: Decisions

• 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.

• 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.

• We usually think of ourselves as sitting the driver's seat, with ultimate control over the decisions we made and the direction our life takes; but, alas, this perception has more to do with our desires-with how we want to view ourselves, than with reality.

  Dan Ariely

  Reality, Thinking, Views

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

• It is very difficult to make really big, important, life-changing decisions because we are all susceptible to a formidable array of decision biases. There are more of them than we realize, and they come to visit us more often than we like to admit.

  Dan Ariely

  Life Changing, Decision, Important

• Linking financial element to energy consumption I think has a huge role if you think about a display instrument that could teach us about what we are using, how much it costs us, how much it is saving, and therefore change our decisions.

  Dan Ariely

  Thinking, Decision, Energy

  "A conversation with Dan Ariely, Author of Predictably Irrational". Big Think interview, bigthink.com.

• None of us always make the best financial decisions.

  Dan Ariely

  Decision, Financial

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

• 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.

• I don't want to say that the poor are inherently cognitively diminished, but at the end of the day of making difficult, tough decisions, it's very hard to have the energy to think about things with the right mindset.

  Dan Ariely

  Thinking, Decision, The End Of The Day

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

• If we all make systematic mistakes in our decisions, then why not develop new strategies, tools, and methods to help us make better decisions and improve our overall well-being? That's exactly the meaning of free lunches- the idea that there are tools, methods, and policies that can help all of us make better decisions and as a consequence achieve what we desire-pg. 241

  Dan Ariely

  Mistake, Ideas, Lunch

• A very simple bad decision is to get into debt. And that is very expensive.

  Dan Ariely

  Simple, Decision, Debt

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

• We should teach the students, as well as executives, how to conduct experiments, how to examine data, and how to use these tools to make better decisions.

  Dan Ariely

  Data, Decision, Tools

• If you think of people as making decisions actively, every time we think about the cup of coffee, we say, "How much will I enjoy the cup of coffee, what else could I not do in the future because I buy this cup of coffee?

  Dan Ariely

  Coffee, Thinking, People

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

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