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Dishonesty is all about the small acts we can take and then think, 'No, this not real cheating.' So if you think that the main mechanism is rationalization, then what you come up with, and that's what we find, is that we're basically trying to balance feeling good about ourselves.

~Dan Ariely

Topics: About Acts Balance Basically Cheating Come Dishonesty Feeling Feeling Good Find Good Main Mechanism Ourselves Real Small Take Then Think Trying Up You

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Even the most analytical thinkers are predictably irrational; the really smart ones acknowledge and address their irrationalities.

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Topics: Acknowledge Address Analytical Even Irrational Most Really Smart Thinkers

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Because cheating is easier when we can justify our behavior, people often cheat in small amounts: We can come up with an excuse for stealing Post-It notes, but it is much more difficult to come up with an excuse for taking $10,000 from petty cash.

~Dan Ariely

Topics: Amount Because Behavior Cash Cheat Cheating Come Difficult Easier Excuse Justify More Much Notes Often Our People Petty Small Stealing Taking Up

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Honesty is a complex and tricky thing, and we don't want to be honest all the time.

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Topics: Complex Honest Honesty Honesty Is Thing Time To Be Honest Tricky Want

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In terms of the actual curriculum for management education, my own view is very simple-minded: The world is incredibly complex, it changes all the time, and we should not even hope that we could create a general model that accurately describes the world in all its possible states.

~Dan Ariely

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In a world where everyone is behaving honestly, any dishonesty constitutes a big infraction. But, in a world where many people are behaving dishonestly, and the news is filled with stories of their infractions, even big infractions can feel small to the perpetrator.

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Topics: Any Behaving Big Dishonesty Even Everyone Feel Filled Honestly Many News People Small Stories Where World

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Disasters are usually a good time to re-examine what we've done so far, what mistakes we've made, and what improvements should come next.

~Dan Ariely

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We talk about honesty, but the reality is we have lots of human values, and they are not all compatible. We don't always tell the truth about everything, no matter what the consequences.

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The experiments show quite clearly that, as you resist more and more temptation, you're actually more and more likely to fail.

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What kind of people would be able to rationalize better than other people? Better storytellers, right? Creative people, right? Because if you're creative, you find more ways to cheat and still yourself a story about why this is okay.

~Dan Ariely

Topics: Able About Because Better Cheat Creative Creative People Find Kind More Okay Other People Rationalize Right Still Story Storytellers Than Ways Why Would You Yourself

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Biography

Nationality: Israeli

Type: Economist

Born: April 29th, 1967

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