Show 1072: How to Improve Your Motivation-Ask Dan Ariely!
The People's Pharmacy
Joe and Terry Graedon
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 16 March 2017
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Dan Ariely is a behavioral economist with a genius for figuring out why we do the things we do. His popular column in The Wall Street Journal is called “Ask Dan.” Listeners have the chance to do just that this week.
What’s Your Motivation?
Dr. Ariely’s latest book is Payoff: The Hidden Logic That Shapes Our Motivation. In it, he explains why much of what we think we know about motivation is mistaken. He also suggests approaches that work better in producing the desired behavior.
If you’ve ever had trouble taking your medicine when you should, following up on your physical therapy exercises or eating your vegetables, you can ask Dan how to improve your motivation. Call in your stories and questions: 888-472-3366 between 7 and 8 am EDT on Saturday, March 18, 2017.
This Week’s Guest:
Dan Ariely, PhD, James B. Duke Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Economics at Duke University, is a founding member of the Center for Advanced Hindsight. He is the author of New York Times best-selling books, Predictably Irrational, The Upside of Irrationality and The (Honest) Truth about Dishonesty. His latest book is Payoff: The Hidden Logic That Shapes Our Motivations. His website is http://danariely.com
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Joe Graydon. |
| 0:02.3 | I'm Terry Graydon. |
| 0:03.8 | Welcome to this podcast of the People's Pharmacy, where we bring you the stories behind the health headlines. |
| 0:10.2 | This podcast is brought to you by Redux Industries, makers of utterly smooth body cream. |
| 0:16.0 | 800-345-7339 on the web at utter cream.com. |
| 0:31.2 | Have you ever had a hard time getting motivated to complete a project on time or go to the gym? |
| 0:37.5 | What do you want out of life? |
| 0:39.6 | This is the People's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Graydon. |
| 0:51.0 | Motivation is at the heart of everything we do as humans. It influences our work performance, |
| 0:56.8 | our relationships with our children, and our retirement plans. How well do we really understand |
| 1:02.5 | our motivations? Dr. Dan Ariely is a professor of psychology and behavioral economics at Duke University. |
| 1:09.7 | He's the founder and director of the Center for Advanced Hindsight. |
| 1:13.3 | He'll share secrets in his new book, Payoff, |
| 1:16.3 | The Hidden Logic That Shapes Our Motivations. |
| 1:19.3 | Coming up on the People's Pharmacy, |
| 1:21.0 | we welcome your questions and stories about motivation. |
| 1:25.9 | First This News. |
| 1:31.1 | Thank you. about motivation. First, this news. In the people's pharmacy health headlines, people who experience a sudden drop in blood |
| 1:37.2 | pressure when they stand up may be at greater risk for dementia later in life. |
| 1:41.6 | That's the finding from a new study presented at the Epi-Lifestyle |
| 1:45.2 | Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association. Researchers collected data from more |
| 1:50.5 | than 11,000 middle-aged volunteers beginning in 1987. The investigators were especially |
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