What makes us feel good about our work? | Dan Ariely

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  • Опубліковано 23 вер 2024
  • What motivates us to work? Contrary to conventional wisdom, it isn't just money. But it's not exactly joy either. It seems that most of us thrive by making constant progress and feeling a sense of purpose. Behavioral economist Dan Ariely presents two eye-opening experiments that reveal our unexpected and nuanced attitudes toward meaning in our work. (Filmed at TEDxRiodelaPlata.)
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  • @othmane-mezian
    @othmane-mezian 2 роки тому +12

    I personally wish success and happiness for you and anyone reading this! You WILL overcome your tribulations by remaining that GREAT person that you are! I KNOW it! Just keep going.

  • @theworklifehub398
    @theworklifehub398 9 років тому +62

    We loved this sentence from Dan "By getting people to work harder, you actually got them to love what they're doing into a higher degree". Great video and thought-provoking ideas on "meaning" "efficiency" "talent".

    • @riccardoconte6155
      @riccardoconte6155 9 місяців тому

      unfortunately they found out he faked his research, faking his data 😅

  • @nO_d3N1AL
    @nO_d3N1AL 9 років тому +27

    Ariely's talk are always fascinating. Good things to know, and so broad that almost anyone can relate to them

  • @ShivamAgarwal404
    @ShivamAgarwal404 9 років тому +36

    The most awesome talk. I worked for a company and felt like in the situation with the shredder. Beautifully explained !!!

    • @pppinto97
      @pppinto97 2 роки тому

      Fucking worse. Hope you're alright now

  • @rhondah1587
    @rhondah1587 11 років тому +11

    Excellent talk. I've been saying much the same thing for years but people just look at me like I'm nuts. Glad to see another who thinks like I do and even has evidence to show how it actually works. I told my old boss years ago he could be away with paying me less if he was just a bit more appreciative of my efforts. He didn't get it then or ever.

  • @EmilySokolow
    @EmilySokolow 11 років тому +10

    Love the origami experiment. Working harder on something more complicated and finishing it successfully instills feelings of pride, accomplishment and attachment. To those disconnected, it's simply not interesting.

  • @HugDealer
    @HugDealer 5 років тому +1

    Prof Ariely is one of the best psychology researchers in my opinion. He is just so awesome and his research so practical and insightful!

  • @h0tie
    @h0tie 11 років тому +15

    I learned so much from this talk and began to see things of higher value makes you more appreciative of it! Putting your thought into what little things people do is what makes you and them find meaning to be together for a purpose

  • @iesika7387
    @iesika7387 3 роки тому +3

    If you want people to build many more toys for less to no compensation, instead of taking the toy apart at the end, have them hand it to a child.
    Actually making something someone else is going to use, actually providing a service someone needs or wants, is a huge factor in how fulfilling a job is. So many of our businesses don't actually add any real value to anyone's life, and that's more depressing than anything. I was a lot more proud of my work when I made tombstones than selling software that people can use to sell software to other people who want to sell software, even though I'm making twice as much money.

  • @vansbakery
    @vansbakery 7 років тому +23

    I had this one class at this community college where we're given the task to write a report and create a presentation within 2 weeks. It's a group work and worth about 30% of our final mark. We put full effort into it putting at least 20 hours of work every week. We submitted our report and presented in front of the class, after a few days or so we have gotten our marks and our report back. One thing we noticed is that our written report wasn't checked at all and we are marked based on our presentation. We had the same teacher the next semester, the attendance of the class decreases as weeks goes by and students seem to care less about the projects and assignment that his giving as they're not being evaluated.

  • @frankthetank130
    @frankthetank130 Рік тому +5

    For the record, most of this guys research has been found to be fabricated , fake or downright false

  • @iShallEatChips
    @iShallEatChips 7 років тому +190

    Watching this as part of school assigment...

  • @SophieLaF0ntaine
    @SophieLaF0ntaine 9 років тому +25

    Around 7:50... there is an exception...that is, IF I am building something for the sole purpose of having a toddler nephew destroy it (for the pure joy of the destruction) - I can build many many bionicles while watching him destroy with great joy the one I just built. The exception is if there is meaning in the destruction.

    • @katjathesaurus3800
      @katjathesaurus3800 8 років тому

      toddlers can. bigger men just do bigger distruction or constraction. ... just dont fn go on future territory, old timer

    • @ceciliasmith8058
      @ceciliasmith8058 7 років тому

      SophieLaF0ntaine I

  • @yoshihisaokada4039
    @yoshihisaokada4039 3 дні тому

    "Little Prince" says exactly the same thing.
    I'm surprised how wise Saint-Exupery was.

  • @kkknotcool
    @kkknotcool 7 років тому +29

    I always love it when people with money say money is not the biggest motivator.

    • @riderone8552
      @riderone8552 7 років тому +3

      kkknotcool When greed is absent, people who adhere simple lifestyle, eventually spent their excess income on donation or good will.
      Greedy people will just spent it on luxury.

    • @sickley2
      @sickley2 5 років тому

      There's definitely a threshold at which money is no longer the biggest motivator, and that threshold is much lower than you think. His ideas, for instance, are far more applicable to countries with higher avg household income and lower avg unemployment.
      Just think to yourself what jobs you would and would not be willing to do 40 hrs/week year round for $50k/year. There's all kinds of motivators, and depending on each person's specific needs and personality differentiates at what importance each motivator plays.
      In "1st world" countries the majority of people are not PRIMARILY motivated by money, it is certainly a big motivator, but rarely number 1. It is why the majority of american's hate their job despite how much or how little they make.

    • @TheShreyasBramhe
      @TheShreyasBramhe 4 роки тому

      It's only the filthy rich who say money can't buy happiness.

    • @kkknotcool
      @kkknotcool 4 роки тому

      @@TheShreyasBramhe I wouldn't say filthy rich.
      If you have a few million then you aren't especially rich but you own your own time, which would make me pretty meh on money. IE the lack of money makes you more unhappy then the excess makes you happy.

  • @4thlineforlife
    @4thlineforlife 9 років тому +15

    I'd really like to meet Dan Ariely. The guy is so wise

    • @shyi1242
      @shyi1242 3 роки тому

      Go to Duke and pick him up!

  • @hemchandrankannan5303
    @hemchandrankannan5303 5 років тому +1

    I'm Watching this as a feature of my college assigment.I loved this sentence from Dan "By getting individuals to work more earnestly, you really got them to adore what they're doing into a higher degree". Extraordinary video and provocative thoughts on "signifying" "proficiency" "ability".
    Indeed, this practically covers the manufacturing plant working knowledge however no uncertainty it reaches out to each workplace.And you know, Ariely just tended to a solitary case made by Marx. He didn't guarantee that everything Marx said is correct or that Communism is the best approach. Because Carl Marx said it doesn't mean it definitely prompts Communism.
    Loved the origami test. Working more enthusiastically on something increasingly confused and completing it effectively ingrains sentiments of pride, achievement and connection. To those disengaged, it's basically not intriguing.
    Finally,this video really resonates with how I feel in college right now... I would try harder if I felt that there was more continuity to my school work.

  • @UrTotallyPro
    @UrTotallyPro 11 років тому +4

    I really like these TEDtalks.... i feel smarter after watching them.

  • @andrineslife
    @andrineslife 11 років тому +2

    I really relate to the ignored = shredded thing, when teachers give you homework, and then ignores it, and just carries on with class, I get really demotivated to do it next time.

  • @RainerGrau
    @RainerGrau 10 років тому +1

    Nice TEC talk by Dan Ariely about what motivates to put effort and engagement into something - thanks Richards for sending the link.

  • @JasmineTrotter118
    @JasmineTrotter118 11 років тому +9

    I loved this! The cake mix experiment was on point !

  • @bwilks271
    @bwilks271 11 років тому +4

    Another fantastic and thought provoking presentation Dan! Thanks!!

  • @BlairWarner
    @BlairWarner 11 років тому +2

    I think it can depend on personality. Some people have to have meaning to their work, and some have to have joy (or, enjoy it). I do agree, though, that most need to have a purpose.

  • @dreaminginnoother
    @dreaminginnoother 11 років тому +1

    what I have gotten from this talk
    1. It makes sense that even though I have poured countless hours into music, other people's lack of care for it has led me to feel like quitting
    2. Since I made it I probably thought it was way better than it really was anyway
    fml

  • @zebrazrok
    @zebrazrok 11 років тому +1

    The idea that someone sees more worth in something they created based off of their work and not actual value it reminds of etsy. I've seen some pretty Overpriced ugly and cheap pieces. It's all a matter of how you look at things. This may be one o my favorite Ted talks to date :)

  • @doub1eU
    @doub1eU 11 років тому +1

    I was definitely oversimplifying in my frustration towards the comment i was responding to, because I definitely agree with you; that is probably a more accurate characterization of the root of the problem regarding America's partisan politics. I think nothing is more ironic than George Washington's warning that a party system would be the downfall of the U.S.

  • @kenmas93
    @kenmas93 11 років тому +1

    This video really resonates with how I feel in college right now... I would try harder if I felt that there was more continuity to my school work.

  • @HarindermintyModelTownldh
    @HarindermintyModelTownldh 11 років тому

    one minded approach is the real work dear.. if v r multitasking -no good results + no entertainment ..just focus and do ur best and make it less complicated to understand.......

  • @SantiagoDebus
    @SantiagoDebus 3 роки тому +4

    17:37 me next to the hairless guy

  • @sch4891
    @sch4891 3 роки тому +1

    people dont need money as motivation. money habs existed for about 2000 years so its a new invention. we have been working hard without it for 100s of thousands of years without it. we have made great things in the last few thousands because by traveling more (and conquering, sadly) we started to speak the same languages. the teamwork that we are capable of now is better so tech got better. money doesnt mean anything. we need it to survive in this world order but as anyone who has ever studies anthropology will tell you there are an infinite amount of ways of organizing the world this is just one

  • @matt84768
    @matt84768 8 років тому +13

    I think is the video casey neistat was talking about 11/2/2016

    • @ahtahs9
      @ahtahs9 8 років тому +2

      Matt C came here because of Casey too

    • @MarufHossain-ft5iv
      @MarufHossain-ft5iv 8 років тому

      haha

    • @cnl1213
      @cnl1213 8 років тому

      Just saw his documentary on Dishonesty on Netflix too, that's quite good also.

  • @yellowcat25
    @yellowcat25 11 років тому +1

    Any Coursera students?
    Love Dan Ariely, freaking brilliant man!

  • @casperbadenhorst1679
    @casperbadenhorst1679 Рік тому

    The cake story hammers home! Excellent talk!

  • @PokeMePT
    @PokeMePT 11 років тому

    let me just also point out that i actually don't plan on staying in the UK, i'm going to do a placement year in a private equity firm in portugal next year. I could have got a better paid placement in the UK in terms of salary but working in private equity will give me so many more benefits than the salary that it isn't even something i take into consideration right now

  • @JavierAguirreCHEF
    @JavierAguirreCHEF 8 років тому +2

    I love what i do!
    plus the money is good!

  • @janiesuper3222
    @janiesuper3222 Рік тому

    14:25 i always wondered about that!!! thanks for this video now i can explain alot of why i get unmotivated sometimes

  • @symethyang08
    @symethyang08 Рік тому +1

    Hahaha, funny. I got emotional watching this video. I almost cried because, in reality, this always happened. great video

  • @hsien-lienhuang3217
    @hsien-lienhuang3217 9 років тому +5

    really meaningful lecture

  • @PokeMePT
    @PokeMePT 11 років тому

    17:37 the man with the brown jacket on the bottom left is clearly very captivated by dan's presentation!

  • @l0vablelinda
    @l0vablelinda 11 років тому

    I'm sorry that I quit watching this video a while back because my internet disconnected. insightful experiments and talk.

  • @JunoKuno
    @JunoKuno 11 років тому +2

    are there any ted talks about how to get motivated? I know that once you start, it feels good to work hard. but what if it's a huge long term project that isnt fun but is important. what do you do to start that project? how do you motivate yourself?

    • @OurNewestMember
      @OurNewestMember 6 років тому

      Cathy Kuang : attempt different projects.

  • @plalash
    @plalash 4 роки тому

    I always enjoy the talk of Dan...as he gives the real fact with experimental examples, that is the more iconic one to relate all this.. vary clearly.

  • @hayeder
    @hayeder 11 років тому

    The new opening sequence is WAY better.

  • @1991araaron
    @1991araaron 11 років тому

    Boy Im thankful this medium that is TED

  • @Ibakecookiess
    @Ibakecookiess 11 років тому

    this speaker is fantastic. I strongly recommend his other talks.

  • @siddharthr7142
    @siddharthr7142 2 роки тому

    Having made 6 career changes over the last decade, this resonates so much with my thoughts on today's Great Resignation!

  • @andrewmanford
    @andrewmanford 11 років тому +1

    wow that's an awesome way to put it. great comment, thanks.

  • @srinivasanj929
    @srinivasanj929 4 роки тому

    Wow, its beautiful explained between Efficiency and Meaning ..Great examples..

  • @leeray1876
    @leeray1876 11 років тому

    we always feel confused about life,but life continue,and history goes on

  • @Sal1981
    @Sal1981 11 років тому

    Every economist should watch this vid, and more than once, so the ideas stick.

  • @dumbobg
    @dumbobg 11 років тому

    Interestingly enough, I have an exam in Organisational studies next month and I was supposed to study about it, but ended up watching a TED lecture about the same subject :D

  • @Timothymukansi
    @Timothymukansi 3 роки тому

    I love Dan's talks

  • @infiniteexo3209
    @infiniteexo3209 6 років тому

    Watching this as a part of my psychiatric nursing book.

  • @nonnels
    @nonnels 11 років тому

    youtube uses a particular script to count the views before the 300th view, it pauses for about 24 hours to check its counts are from human sources not bots.
    because the code has "

  • @silverchairsg
    @silverchairsg Рік тому

    I can absolutely picture the Bionicle in-universe villian Makuta Teridax doing the Sisyphus thing to his enemies.

  • @VomitTidalwave
    @VomitTidalwave 11 років тому +7

    digging a hole and filling it in over and over.... reminds me of the military...

  • @davidhalifax
    @davidhalifax 11 років тому

    work that has meaning, what a concept !

  • @vl2378
    @vl2378 3 роки тому +1

    "by getting people to work harder, you get them to enjoy what they're doing to a higer degree"

  • @PetyaKirisheva
    @PetyaKirisheva 11 років тому +1

    It really is one of the best courses I've attended on Coursera so far :)

  • @BarkelsLifts
    @BarkelsLifts 11 років тому

    i love his talks. his research is genius.

  • @michaela_nk
    @michaela_nk 11 років тому +1

    He's so right.That was amazing!!!

  • @varunpai3435
    @varunpai3435 3 роки тому

    Structuring a world/universe/multiverse to coexist and cohabit without money wouldn't that be a boon and a blessing?

  • @LeRoiJojo
    @LeRoiJojo 11 років тому

    Dan is tha man!

  • @srimansrini
    @srimansrini 11 років тому +1

    Dan Ariely gives interesting study about the human nature. A wonderful talk connected behavioral economics and very relevant. A very interesting study about the factors behind motivation. It's not money...honey....

  • @ftrecordingstudio4034
    @ftrecordingstudio4034 Рік тому

    Mentioned this in Colindale

  • @ARTEllipsepaintings
    @ARTEllipsepaintings 9 років тому

    This is good... more efforts to something creates love and liking

  • @petestrat07
    @petestrat07 11 років тому

    Yup, this pretty much covers the factory working experience though no doubt it extends to every workplace.

  • @varunpai3435
    @varunpai3435 3 роки тому

    There isn't any uniqueness yet we all have a unique identity, what about equanimity and equilibrium? And oneness?

  • @slaakbaf
    @slaakbaf 6 років тому +2

    where can I find his research paper about the experiment?

  • @TehWit
    @TehWit 11 років тому +4

    Very interesting, I need to get my hands on managers' brains so I can teach them some =)

  • @johnmorgan9023
    @johnmorgan9023 2 роки тому

    Giọng hát của ah Đức phúc hát đúng tâm trạng hay quá

  • @RamanisHinduChannel
    @RamanisHinduChannel 11 років тому +2

    To improve efficiency and derive pleasure out of work is to change the mind-set into one of detached attachment.
    An action that is performed is non action when there is no involvement or motivation.
    An action that is performed with the results in mind are Actions, which may cause disappointments when one is not appreciated or the work is destroyed.
    Non action is an action is one where one performs an action or work because it has to be done without bothering about the consequences .

  • @Rebasepoiss
    @Rebasepoiss 11 років тому

    Another excellent talk by Dan Ariely. This guy is amazing :)

  • @ahmed.unshur
    @ahmed.unshur 11 років тому +1

    Great Talk.

  • @PokeMePT
    @PokeMePT 11 років тому

    tell me of one theory in management which isn't oversimplistic though? everything is subjective. what matters is the point he makes and the way he proves is valid and, if applied correctly, can bring benefits to any form of organisation

  • @GustavoLeig
    @GustavoLeig 7 років тому

    Money isn´t everything but it´s 100%

  • @prashanthb6521
    @prashanthb6521 5 років тому

    Very good info. Thanks a lot.

  • @jameskim6808
    @jameskim6808 11 років тому +1

    Because at a certain number of views, UA-cam decides to check if the views are real views or from bots that are trying to increase views to increase internet traffic towards the video. So the number of views will pause while its legitimacy is being checked but the number of likes don't get checked like views do.
    Numberphile did a video on this and the 301 view count that most videos go through

  • @ryankingham948
    @ryankingham948 5 років тому

    I read this guy's book it was great

  • @randomstuff1019
    @randomstuff1019 11 років тому

    @sulljoh1 He is able to ask that merely as a rhetorical question because the point he is making is exactly that. We value OUR children incredibly high. So high an offer to sell them, that no reasonable offer would be given. You'd say something like "1 billion dollars." However he did not go into whether someone would actually follow through with it.

  • @mba2ceo
    @mba2ceo 11 років тому

    This so easy 1.) compensation 2.) mental stimuli 3.) purpose

  • @Rarae192
    @Rarae192 11 років тому

    Well, there's a really simple explanation to that paradox. You see, according to Einstein's theory of relativity, the faster you go, the heavier you get, and when you go really fast time slows down. Now, some people in Japan watch UA-cam whilst riding on high-speed rail systems and are able to register their likes before UA-cam back here in Neverland has time to even accept that they watched the video at all. Of course, they merely watched it in the future. Hope that clears things up. Cheers.

  • @fernandoakiraendo
    @fernandoakiraendo 11 років тому

    I enjoyed it a lot! Thank you!

  • @midnitexstar
    @midnitexstar 11 років тому +1

    Brilliant.

  • @MendigoLouco
    @MendigoLouco 11 років тому

    I suggest you all to join his course at Coursera, it's awesome.

  • @dchangebegins
    @dchangebegins 11 років тому

    This wil reduce corruption..vey sure! Last 10 minutes was vey good.

  • @rc....
    @rc.... 3 роки тому

    15:30 parents feel the same way

  • @floatingapple
    @floatingapple 11 років тому +1

    Whenever i cook it always feel like it tasted better :)

  • @chronogos
    @chronogos 9 років тому +40

    Money is the only reason i go to work, that is no lie

    • @eAy86
      @eAy86 9 років тому

      +Eden7sseldar Iraizoz

    • @chronogos
      @chronogos 9 років тому +5

      ***** No more! I used to work the job I got a degree for, but I found out the flaws of the field and went for a job that sucks less

    • @katjathesaurus3800
      @katjathesaurus3800 8 років тому

      feminists liberated women. for labour

    • @joachimenoksen9061
      @joachimenoksen9061 6 років тому +2

      Yes we can say that money are the reason that we "go to work" but when we are there at work, we do work for various other reasons.

    • @awhatzable
      @awhatzable 5 років тому +1

      yes but you need meaning to push your workload more than usual. I bet you do a little as you can just to get by work

  • @chanhalen2245
    @chanhalen2245 10 років тому

    Could anybody tell me about the main important point of this presentation for instant I still haven't understand at all. I still weak in English. Thanks

  • @pratyushlal7256
    @pratyushlal7256 10 років тому +2

    Fantastic!!

    • @funkyasl
      @funkyasl 10 років тому +1

      Very interesting video. Had me glued till the end.

  • @rothriss8157
    @rothriss8157 11 років тому

    this was a really great talk

  • @KarenNg0909
    @KarenNg0909 11 років тому +2

    LOL Ikea "ok furniture, takes long time to assemble" hahahahahah! I love ikea stores.

  • @400djr
    @400djr 11 років тому

    Awesome, thanks Dan

  • @iamalaser4185
    @iamalaser4185 11 місяців тому +2

    Ah, in 2023 this video has aged like fine wine

  • @Ocasek77
    @Ocasek77 11 років тому

    thanks

  • @fabioflash
    @fabioflash 5 років тому

    Culture is not a science. As people are not metric.
    With the right culture in a workplace anything is possible.
    It will promote your people to govern themselves as if there are no rules. It will encourage them to all pull in the same direction even though their opinions may differ. It will create a workplace that promotes supporting each other as a community to take ownership of the brand they’ve come to represent as work.
    The power of workplace culture is exponential when right and destructive when not.
    So how do leaders ensure their company culture is right and unified across departments with different styles of leadership? How do they ensure a unified brand culture thrives across multiple offices in locations where native cultures may vary, or simply in the same office where people, being human will all be different.
    Great leaders embrace the differences of their people with a unified culture that empowers them to thrive, their way, guided and encouraged by the values of a brand.
    Sounds easy, then why are so many people not thriving at work?
    Welcome to the reason why CULTCHA was born by three very different minds with a unified mission to improve the working lives of employees worldwide for the better.

  • @0MoTheG
    @0MoTheG 11 років тому +1

    Writing papers and tests for university makes me feel just this way.

  • @rossplendent
    @rossplendent 11 років тому

    Man, those were so awesome!

  • @IStoleMyLicense
    @IStoleMyLicense 11 років тому

    I never said that. But you are right, the product is called "LEGO". Legos are the pieces. You can most definitely say legos when you mean LEGO-pieces. It's just a shorter version.