In the selected presentation on TED Talks, Dan Ariely talks
about what makes us feel good about our work. He talks about what motivates us
to do the things we do every day. Dan explains about the goals we all aim for
on every little thing we do and what would happen if that goal suddenly
disappear right after we are completed or near completion.
Dan explains that everything we do is for feeling a sense of
purpose, whether we like the task or not. Whether the result is being appreciated
by the person or someone else, it’s a matter of being appreciated or feeling
rewarded.
During the presentation Dan talks about multiple experiments
and scenarios that were tested to prove his point on why we work. Dan talks about one of his past student who
worked weeks on a PowerPoint presentation for a company merger. The student
summited the PowerPoint to his boss a day before it was due and he received a “Good
job but the merger is off.” The student was crushed. The whole time he had a
purpose. Without the purpose, the end
result was pointless.
Dan has multiple examples and as he talked from one to
another there’s are simple slides to go with each examples. Some of those
slides seems like they are just there for the purpose of the example. If the slides weren’t there it wouldn’t
matter because his explanation was good enough. There were moments during the
presentation where Dan had some humorous parts. His tone was energetic and he
had a good pace.
After watching his presentation, it did inspire me. It makes
me think about the things I do at work and the things I have my employees/
coworkers do.
Good choice for a presentation! It makes me really think about the things I do from day to day too. We all do look for a purpose in life, it only makes sense that we focus our energy on having a purpose with everything else. As children we are told to do well in school to be able to go to college and geta good job.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting presentation. We all need a purpose to keeps us going for that end result.
ReplyDeleteGreat Blog. Interesting topic. No one wants their work to go to waste. Knowing that our hard work get put to use motivates us to continue working.
ReplyDeleteI would have felt the same way, although we work to make a living, I couldn't imagine working so hard on something only to realize it was a waste of time. If we can't motivate ourselves at work, I think it would be hard to get out of bed every morning.
ReplyDeleteThis is always good to remember, not just in our jobs, but our everyday life. Do we help give the members of our family some sort of purpose, or how about those we interact with while we are out in the community?
ReplyDeleteI love the topic. I really can say that I understand what he is talking about. I am actually going to school for myself not for a career to find a purpose or challenge in my life. Great post and appreciate you bringing this one to light.
ReplyDeleteThat is exactly why I try to focus on giving people credit in where it was due. It brightens their spirit and encourages them. Great Post!
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