Dan's wisdow

"We may not always know exactly why we do what we do, choose what we choose, or feel what we feel. But the obscurity of our real motivations doesn't stop us from creating perfectly logical-sounding reasons for our actions, decisions, and feelings."

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e é isto meus senhores

"we don’t really know how to deal with 1.25x — so we just don’t."

agora repliquem a nossa incapacidade de lidar com coisas estranhas/novas/etc. para tudo na vida:

trabalho (menos provável mas acontece)
hobbies
saúde

irs
comida
casa
carro
viagens
amor

daqui: http://irrationallabs.org/2014/06/how-small-copy-changes-can-make-a-big-revenue-difference/

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e é isto! boa semana!

sobre o acto de mentir (das grandes mentiras às piedosas)

"People lie to stave off the consequences of making a mistake, to buy more time or to spare someone’s feelings. Their hearts may be in the right place, but they are still telling lies."

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Dan says

that we have: “Lots of Adam and Eve’s problems” - maravilhoso!

and also: “As we invent new technology, we also invent new ways to kill us” - m e d o.

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not sure if I enjoyed this lesson as much as the others

so, last year I took an online course and, at the time, I did a lot of thinking and posting about it. this particular post got stuck behind. because it is difficult to explain.

try to consider it little like a heads-up, which, is always something to make us think.

on week 4 of the Coursera online course about Irrationality, Dan told us something about Labor and Motivation (name of the themes being discussed) and the thing is Motivation (everyone knows, but everyone keeps forgetting) is key in EVERYTHING. and if by any chance your motivation is damaged (work, life, sports, family, cooking, love, etc.), you will feel ashamed. and who wants to feel ashamed?

anyone?

I didn't think so either.

also, Dan told that we are overly committed to our ideias.

which is good when you have a new project and you want it to succeed.

only by being overly committed to their ideas, can one endure and surpass every obstacle that gets in the way. the thing is, what if your motivation gets destroyed somehow?

see the circle?

so, back to the beginning.

not sure if I enjoyed this lesson as much as the others.

but, Motivation, I do respect you.

and Dan,

Overly committed to my ideas? OF COURSE I AM.

That’s why I secretly think my blog is the best, even though, consciously I know it is just a blog barely surfacing the area that is its platform (Internet).

feel free to watch the intro video about the course.
it will start again on the 11th of March.

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não sei foi do sotaque do Rory, se do conteúdo do vídeo

mas adorei este video que Dan Ariely partilhou no seu canal do Youtube a propósito do dia dos namorados!

mais info sobre Rory Sutherland aqui e aqui

fiquei tão interessada na forma como o Rory expõe a sua opinião sobre o dia dos namorados que estou tentada a ver os outros vídeos que ele tem no TED

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Ariely's way to make me stop cheating

so I am taking this Coursera online course of Dan Ariely - A Beginner's Guide to Irrational Behavior

I am bit behind schedule because only yesterday did I started watching the videos of the lectures from Week 3 and the course is already in its 5th week. I started watching the 1st video and quickly became distracted by Facebook... 

on the topic, Dishonesty, Ariely explains that there is a thing called "fudge factor" and in the middle of the lecture and its explanation he prompted the question, what do you think it means "fudge factor"?.

so, because of this little interruption, I had to stop browsing through Facebook and really think about this concept because I didn't wanted to continue with the listening of the lecture (yes, I wasn't seeing it!) without resolving the question!

and you know what? it worked.

at least I think it did.

I refocused my attettion and saw the rest of the lecture, deeply concentrated on the subjects...

anyhow, for me, the fugde factor is: our "comfort area" for cheating.

pretty self-explanatory, right?

more from this subject here and here

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