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

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-mezian2 жыл бұрын

    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
    @theworklifehub3989 жыл бұрын

    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

    4 ай бұрын

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

  • @nO_d3N1AL
    @nO_d3N1AL8 жыл бұрын

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

  • @h0tie
    @h0tie11 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @EmilySokolow
    @EmilySokolow11 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @rhondah1587
    @rhondah158711 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @bwilks271
    @bwilks27111 жыл бұрын

    Another fantastic and thought provoking presentation Dan! Thanks!!

  • @HugDealer
    @HugDealer5 жыл бұрын

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

  • @BarkelsLifts
    @BarkelsLifts11 жыл бұрын

    i love his talks. his research is genius.

  • @UrTotallyPro
    @UrTotallyPro11 жыл бұрын

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

  • @kenmas93
    @kenmas9311 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @RainerGrau
    @RainerGrau10 жыл бұрын

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

  • @JasmineTrotter118
    @JasmineTrotter11811 жыл бұрын

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

  • @davidhalifax
    @davidhalifax11 жыл бұрын

    work that has meaning, what a concept !

  • @ShivamAgarwal404
    @ShivamAgarwal4049 жыл бұрын

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

  • @pppinto97

    @pppinto97

    2 жыл бұрын

    Fucking worse. Hope you're alright now

  • @yellowcat25
    @yellowcat2511 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Rebasepoiss
    @Rebasepoiss11 жыл бұрын

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

  • @youraveragenanamistan
    @youraveragenanamistan11 жыл бұрын

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

  • @iShallEatChips
    @iShallEatChips7 жыл бұрын

    Watching this as part of school assigment...

  • @JanZajc9381

    @JanZajc9381

    5 жыл бұрын

    same

  • @MegaBig11111

    @MegaBig11111

    4 жыл бұрын

    Same

  • @chechenabdulmatin8506

    @chechenabdulmatin8506

    4 жыл бұрын

    same like me lol

  • @danielbrown1139

    @danielbrown1139

    3 жыл бұрын

    same

  • @user-tx2um1fl6s

    @user-tx2um1fl6s

    3 жыл бұрын

    For me it's my quiz 😅

  • @srinivasanj929
    @srinivasanj9293 жыл бұрын

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

  • @andrineslife
    @andrineslife11 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @Ibakecookiess
    @Ibakecookiess11 жыл бұрын

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

  • @leeray1876
    @leeray187611 жыл бұрын

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

  • @ARTEllipsepaintings
    @ARTEllipsepaintings9 жыл бұрын

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

  • @fernandoakiraendo
    @fernandoakiraendo11 жыл бұрын

    I enjoyed it a lot! Thank you!

  • @kkknotcool
    @kkknotcool7 жыл бұрын

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

  • @riderone8552

    @riderone8552

    6 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    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

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @kkknotcool

    @kkknotcool

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @PetyaKirisheva
    @PetyaKirisheva11 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Timothymukansi
    @Timothymukansi2 жыл бұрын

    I love Dan's talks

  • @vansbakery
    @vansbakery7 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @pppinto97

    @pppinto97

    2 жыл бұрын

    Pretty obvious

  • @1991araaron
    @1991araaron11 жыл бұрын

    Boy Im thankful this medium that is TED

  • @iesika7387
    @iesika73873 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @dumbobg
    @dumbobg11 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @hsien-lienhuang3217
    @hsien-lienhuang32179 жыл бұрын

    really meaningful lecture

  • @4thlineforlife
    @4thlineforlife9 жыл бұрын

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

  • @shyi1242

    @shyi1242

    3 жыл бұрын

    Go to Duke and pick him up!

  • @andrewmanford
    @andrewmanford11 жыл бұрын

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

  • @SophieLaF0ntaine
    @SophieLaF0ntaine9 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

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

  • @ceciliasmith8058

    @ceciliasmith8058

    6 жыл бұрын

    SophieLaF0ntaine I

  • @l0vablelinda
    @l0vablelinda11 жыл бұрын

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

  • @casperbadenhorst1679
    @casperbadenhorst1679 Жыл бұрын

    The cake story hammers home! Excellent talk!

  • @petestrat07
    @petestrat0710 жыл бұрын

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

  • @LeRoiJojo
    @LeRoiJojo11 жыл бұрын

    Dan is tha man!

  • @plalash
    @plalash3 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @janiesuper3222
    @janiesuper3222 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @400djr
    @400djr11 жыл бұрын

    Awesome, thanks Dan

  • @iamalaser4185
    @iamalaser41857 ай бұрын

    Ah, in 2023 this video has aged like fine wine

  • @midnitexstar
    @midnitexstar11 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant.

  • @prashanthb6521
    @prashanthb65215 жыл бұрын

    Very good info. Thanks a lot.

  • @rossplendent
    @rossplendent11 жыл бұрын

    Man, those were so awesome!

  • @infiniteexo3209
    @infiniteexo32096 жыл бұрын

    Watching this as a part of my psychiatric nursing book.

  • @rothriss8157
    @rothriss815711 жыл бұрын

    this was a really great talk

  • @hemchandrankannan5303
    @hemchandrankannan53034 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @Unshur03
    @Unshur0311 жыл бұрын

    Great Talk.

  • @zebrazrok
    @zebrazrok11 жыл бұрын

    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 :)

  • @luisdiogocruz
    @luisdiogocruz11 жыл бұрын

    Nice work !!

  • @Sal1981
    @Sal198111 жыл бұрын

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

  • @PokeMePT
    @PokeMePT11 жыл бұрын

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

  • @late_arvie
    @late_arvie11 жыл бұрын

    You made me smile : ) And yes. The video is nice indeed.

  • @ybefutile
    @ybefutile11 жыл бұрын

    Great talk!

  • @dreaminginnoother
    @dreaminginnoother11 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @hayeder
    @hayeder11 жыл бұрын

    The new opening sequence is WAY better.

  • @ryankingham948
    @ryankingham9484 жыл бұрын

    I read this guy's book it was great

  • @warcraftfreeky
    @warcraftfreeky11 жыл бұрын

    That was awesome.

  • @chrisdrakekaka
    @chrisdrakekaka11 жыл бұрын

    Dan is the best

  • @hospital0071
    @hospital007111 жыл бұрын

    good talks!!

  • @siddharthr7142
    @siddharthr71422 жыл бұрын

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

  • @nabeelhakeem3593

    @nabeelhakeem3593

    2 жыл бұрын

    Why?

  • @krism379
    @krism37911 жыл бұрын

    the cake-theorie opend my eyes! thank you!

  • @Ndo01
    @Ndo0111 жыл бұрын

    Wow this explains a lot. Dan Ariely is amazing.

  • @HigherPlanes
    @HigherPlanes11 жыл бұрын

    I want it all!

  • @BlairWarner
    @BlairWarner11 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @Ocasek77
    @Ocasek7711 жыл бұрын

    thanks

  • @rvemula63
    @rvemula6311 жыл бұрын

    It's awesome!

  • @sandponics
    @sandponics3 күн бұрын

    I am a workaholic and loved work. Now I am retired and am bored, and so am planning a new project to help screw up the world.

  • @srimansrini
    @srimansrini11 жыл бұрын

    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....

  • @tinayip1220

    @tinayip1220

    6 жыл бұрын

    Open School ac

  • @youngwarriorpopocaca
    @youngwarriorpopocaca11 жыл бұрын

    This was great

  • @pratyushlal7256
    @pratyushlal725610 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic!!

  • @funkyasl

    @funkyasl

    10 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting video. Had me glued till the end.

  • @TehWit
    @TehWit11 жыл бұрын

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

  • @JavierAguirreCHEF
    @JavierAguirreCHEF8 жыл бұрын

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

  • @madelinewhite9501

    @madelinewhite9501

    7 жыл бұрын

    What do you do?

  • @0MoTheG
    @0MoTheG11 жыл бұрын

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

  • @ftrecordingstudio4034
    @ftrecordingstudio4034 Жыл бұрын

    Mentioned this in Colindale

  • @marcelowarkentin5953
    @marcelowarkentin59537 жыл бұрын

    Great video.

  • @SantiagoDebus
    @SantiagoDebus3 жыл бұрын

    17:37 me next to the hairless guy

  • @1DancingDuck
    @1DancingDuck11 жыл бұрын

    this is so good... :)

  • @silverchairsg
    @silverchairsg Жыл бұрын

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

  • @HarindermintyModelTownldh
    @HarindermintyModelTownldh11 жыл бұрын

    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.......

  • @symethyang08
    @symethyang08 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @slaakbaf
    @slaakbaf6 жыл бұрын

    where can I find his research paper about the experiment?

  • @doub1eU
    @doub1eU11 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @vl2378
    @vl23783 жыл бұрын

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

  • @andresadead
    @andresadead3 жыл бұрын

    Estoy aquí por Proyecto G :D Que genial presentación

  • @PokeMePT
    @PokeMePT11 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @GustavoLeig
    @GustavoLeig6 жыл бұрын

    Money isn´t everything but it´s 100%

  • @frankthetank130
    @frankthetank1307 ай бұрын

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

  • @floatingapple
    @floatingapple11 жыл бұрын

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

  • @PawlTV
    @PawlTV11 жыл бұрын

    Finally the intro doesn't wreck my ears anymore!

  • @CourtneyCoulson
    @CourtneyCoulson11 жыл бұрын

    Hells yes, Bionicles! Oh and good talk too I guess. Oh nostalgia.

  • @nonnels
    @nonnels11 жыл бұрын

    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 "

  • @mattc8046
    @mattc80467 жыл бұрын

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

  • @ahtahs9

    @ahtahs9

    7 жыл бұрын

    Matt C came here because of Casey too

  • @MarufHossain-ft5iv

    @MarufHossain-ft5iv

    7 жыл бұрын

    haha

  • @cnl1213

    @cnl1213

    7 жыл бұрын

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

  • @PokeMePT
    @PokeMePT11 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @VomitTidalwave
    @VomitTidalwave11 жыл бұрын

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

  • @chanhalen2245
    @chanhalen22459 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @MendigoLouco
    @MendigoLouco11 жыл бұрын

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