Dan Ariely

I feel that I'm together. It's part of the story of my life. And I think to myself, what's happening? Why now? And here is what happened. Imagine somebody like me wakes up. When I wake up, my right cheek is smooth, no hair. The left cheek has stubble, little black dots. And the act of shaving is also an act of hiding, exactly the thing that people told me that they wanted to stop doing.

I feel that I'm together. It's part of the story of my life. And I think to myself, what's happening? Why now? And here is what happened. Imagine somebody like me wakes up. When I wake up, my right cheek is smooth, no hair. The left cheek has stubble, little black dots. And the act of shaving is also an act of hiding, exactly the thing that people told me that they wanted to stop doing.

I start the day more non-symmetrical, and after shaving, it's less apparent. Now, here's the thing about this. I'm a social scientist. I should know those things. But, of course, I didn't. In fact, for many years, I did the thing that wasn't good for me. I shaved. And letting go of that was an incredible act of self-acceptance.

I start the day more non-symmetrical, and after shaving, it's less apparent. Now, here's the thing about this. I'm a social scientist. I should know those things. But, of course, I didn't. In fact, for many years, I did the thing that wasn't good for me. I shaved. And letting go of that was an incredible act of self-acceptance.

And I think that what happened there was that I basically stopped hiding, started accepting myself to a higher degree, and it had lots of implications. in all kinds of ways. And if I think about what it means in social science terms, where are our half-beards?

And I think that what happened there was that I basically stopped hiding, started accepting myself to a higher degree, and it had lots of implications. in all kinds of ways. And if I think about what it means in social science terms, where are our half-beards?

And if you asked me a few years ago, how would life look like with half a beard, I would be very able to tell you how day one would look like. People would ask questions, kids would laugh, people would point. But if you ask me, how would that lead to self-acceptance or to anything down the road, I would not be good at it. And it's true for lots of things.

And if you asked me a few years ago, how would life look like with half a beard, I would be very able to tell you how day one would look like. People would ask questions, kids would laugh, people would point. But if you ask me, how would that lead to self-acceptance or to anything down the road, I would not be good at it. And it's true for lots of things.

And some of the things we'll talk about today with our intuitions are about short-term activities and our long-term intuitions about processes are not that good. So somebody thinks about switching jobs. We might have good intuitions about day one. We might not have intuition about month four and so on. So anyway, that's my half a beard and my introduction.

And some of the things we'll talk about today with our intuitions are about short-term activities and our long-term intuitions about processes are not that good. So somebody thinks about switching jobs. We might have good intuitions about day one. We might not have intuition about month four and so on. So anyway, that's my half a beard and my introduction.

There's an expression in the pain research when they call people pain people. And the idea that at a certain level of pain, the pain becomes so much that there's really nothing beyond the pain. And in the initial period of the injury, there really wasn't more. I can't take credit for anything. I wasn't planning. I wasn't thinking. I was just focusing on a daily pain, trying to get over it.

There's an expression in the pain research when they call people pain people. And the idea that at a certain level of pain, the pain becomes so much that there's really nothing beyond the pain. And in the initial period of the injury, there really wasn't more. I can't take credit for anything. I wasn't planning. I wasn't thinking. I was just focusing on a daily pain, trying to get over it.

I think managing quite well with the daily pain, trying to come up with my own strategies to dealing with pain and so on. But the beginning was just pain. And in some strange way, maybe year two, when I was trying to be a bit better, was psychologically more difficult. This is when I all of a sudden had time. And I asked myself questions like, where would I find my place in society?

I think managing quite well with the daily pain, trying to come up with my own strategies to dealing with pain and so on. But the beginning was just pain. And in some strange way, maybe year two, when I was trying to be a bit better, was psychologically more difficult. This is when I all of a sudden had time. And I asked myself questions like, where would I find my place in society?

Where will I find my place professionally? Will society accept me? Will I have a romantic life with all of these cars? When will the pain go away? And then there was another interesting period, interesting in a difficult sense. Burns are really interesting because all of us had burns and mostly they go away. But if you look at my hand, for example, these are burns that don't go away.

Where will I find my place professionally? Will society accept me? Will I have a romantic life with all of these cars? When will the pain go away? And then there was another interesting period, interesting in a difficult sense. Burns are really interesting because all of us had burns and mostly they go away. But if you look at my hand, for example, these are burns that don't go away.

This is all transplanted skin. The fingers are deformed. The joints were burned. This doesn't go away. And I had lots of questions about where will this leave me and how will I manage my life? What do you do with that? And in the beginning was not easy. I remember actually the people in the hospital brought somebody to talk to me. that had a bad injury and then became a car mechanic.

This is all transplanted skin. The fingers are deformed. The joints were burned. This doesn't go away. And I had lots of questions about where will this leave me and how will I manage my life? What do you do with that? And in the beginning was not easy. I remember actually the people in the hospital brought somebody to talk to me. that had a bad injury and then became a car mechanic.

So even though his fingers were not so good, he actually managed to be a car mechanic. And I think it was a tremendous feat for him to be a car mechanic. But I looked at it and said, that's what they expect me to be. What will happen to me? What skills will I have and not have and so on? So there was a lot of wondering about what would life be with somebody with very substantial injuries.

So even though his fingers were not so good, he actually managed to be a car mechanic. And I think it was a tremendous feat for him to be a car mechanic. But I looked at it and said, that's what they expect me to be. What will happen to me? What skills will I have and not have and so on? So there was a lot of wondering about what would life be with somebody with very substantial injuries.