The science of getting motivated | Ayelet Fishbach | TEDxChicago

Ayelet Fishbach uses humor and personal stories to illustrate how you could apply the lessons of motivation science to your own life. She explains why you’ll stick to the goals you look forward to doing more than those you wish you had already done. You’ll hear about the middle problem and how to stay motivated over long stretches. You’ll learn to juggle goals instead of pursuing them sequentially-after all, you can’t wait to retire to start a family. You’ll figure out how to battle temptations by anticipating them in advance and what made Marie and Pierre Curie such a great couple (they supported each other’s goals). You’ll learn how her dog helped her motivation. Her stories illustrate how to set goals, sustain your motivation, juggle goals, and leverage social support. Her research will make you wiser and, hence, more motivated.
Ayelet Fishbach, PhD, is the Jeffrey B. Keller Professor of Behavioral Science and Marketing at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business. She is a distinguished expert on motivation and decision making, having authored books, articles, as well as earning numerous prestigious awards for her research including the Society of Experimental Social Psychology's Best Dissertation Award and the Society of Consumer Psychology’s Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award. In her book, "GET IT DONE: Surprising Lessons from the Science of Motivation," Ayelet combines her expertise with personal stories to offer practical insights on goal setting, sustaining motivation, and leveraging social support. Ayelet has also served as the president of the Society for the Science of Motivation and the International Social Cognition Network.
Motivation, Achievement, Future Best Self This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@fabanvi]

1. Motivation is not something you own like money. It’s about being wise. 2. Change the situation into something you like. 3. Do you want to be the person who has done it or the one who was doing it? 4. Make shorter goals- as motivation falters in the middle of the time alotted 5. Be a failure expert, have a small yet strong ego that doesn’t let failing stop you from improving 6. Seek discomfort sometimes, then you’ll discover that one can actually grow into it 7. Being awkward and uncomfortable makes you more resilient and daring than knowing that you’re learning something new 8. Anticipate getting distracted multiple times. Now you have more control over your reaction before the saod distraction. 9. Having a supportive family/ colleagues REALLY help. Make sure you support them too.

[@LetsGetSmarted]

so basically, set smaller goals be willing to fail don't overwork yourself but also don't wait for someone else to do it for you multitask intelligently (work smart, not hard)

[@Seeyatellite]

Love this. Totally checks out!

[@Parthkumar_vekariya]

'you want be someone who has done the job not the one who is doing that' This alone has change my mind set

[@Sean_neaS]

Watch this twice. First as a self help video. The second time remembering she is a Professor of Behavioral Science and *Marketing*. Both will be enlightening in different ways.

[@harrypearle9781]

It PAYS to PLAY STRONG Museum of Play is in Rochester, NY, where I live and I am pushing it It pays to play, at any age to increase motivation, for longer periods of time. Take a chance, with a playful attitude. Struggle, fail, get rejected, but keep at it! Todah

[@harrypearle9781]

THX MCH Todah Raba

[@engvoice]

VOCABULARY FROM VIDEO: Thank you, TEDx Talks, for this insightful video. It offers valuable wisdom on motivation, emphasizing the importance of understanding and sustaining motivation in our lives. VOCABULARY: 0. Motivation (noun) 02:01 -Context: 'Motivation is not about being strong, it's about being wise.' -Explanation: Motivation is characterized as a skill that can be acquired and developed, emphasizing the importance of wisdom in understanding and sustaining motivation. 1. Middle Problem (noun phrase) 03:04 -Context: 'Motivation declines in the middle, the middle problem.' -Explanation: The middle problem refers to the decline in motivation that occurs during the middle phase of pursuing a goal. The video suggests strategies like making middles short to overcome this challenge. 2. Seek Discomfort (verb phrase) 09:04 -Context: 'When you seek discomfort temporarily, you realize that you can grow.' -Explanation: Seeking discomfort is presented as a strategy to foster personal growth and maintain motivation, challenging the notion that comfort leads to progress. 3. Balancing Goals (verb phrase) 11:31 -Context: 'Think about your goals like dishes around the buffet table; you can create the perfect combination.' -Explanation: Balancing goals involves considering them as complementary rather than conflicting, encouraging a harmonious approach to achieving multiple aspirations. 4. Temptations (noun) 13:02 -Context: 'Some goals should take less space on your plate; anticipate temptations in advance.' -Explanation: Temptations are distractions or obstacles that may hinder goal pursuit. Anticipating and managing temptations are vital for maintaining motivation. 5. Supportive Relationships (noun phrase) 16:02 -Context: 'In your life, you walk with other people; maybe together, you take care of your pet.' -Explanation: Supportive relationships play a crucial role in motivation, with the speaker highlighting the importance of mutual support in pursuing goals. I posted more learning listening video on my youtube too!

[@VintageVigilante]

This was so interesting! I think my entire home country (South Africa 🇿🇦) sadly got 'stuck in the middle' and now we've got to break the stagnation.

[@lonjemariesfashions5117]

Beautiful lady with a beautiful voice, I could listen to her talk all day. Thank you 🙏🏾

[@SalmanAnsariTSA]

Wonderful motivation.

[@Russianlanguage]

Bravo! I'm impressed 😊

[@craigmerkey8518]

Really really great! I have learned after working in the same field for over 30 years... I can be motivated with a few things. Some things will have to be done as good as possible but maybe not 100%.... I like being human.

[@tamirhayat]

I like being human. loved this phrase. 👑 well may god bless humanity :-)

[@surendrakumarpal7103]

No 1 motivation

[@sisterrosacervantes5673]

Excellent! I like it, thank you..😊👍💯🙂💯

[@ravisworld4652]

Watching this TEDx talk from Great India🇮🇳, where our daily life feels like a TEDx event - full of unexpected twists, hilarious moments, and the occasional power outage. Any fellow Indians ???

[@pgjybbtqnrqehbkffbntwnhph2924]

Where are you getting power outages?

[@spring_bok]

Which part of india are you from? Power outage?

[@czarcoma]

How to motivate america: 1. place a cap on CEO salaries. 2. pay workers a giving wage. 3. 4-day work weeks

[@lewismuster5686]

4 day work weeks ... 😂😂😂 Américan people are very lazy

[@LetsGetSmarted]

nothing is stopping you from starting a company that abides those rules. if you wait for society to solve your problems for you, then you may wait the rest of your life away.

[@czarcoma]

@@LetsGetSmarted gotta start somewhere

[@woodspriteful]

Only some people get paid to play. Most of us are exploited. It doesn't mean exploited and disadvantaged people can't build up their motivation or make their own autonomous income, but the responses to this legitimate comment about our need for checks and balances on our exploitative systems needs to be accepted as reality. There's a lot of abuse out there. People are worn down. Your success stories don't do anything about inequity and abuse.

[@czarcoma]

@@woodspriteful agree. Change needs to be systemic. We'll never know how many people will provide the spark, but we hope it happens soon.

[@yasminmihlar1930]

Thank you! very well done:)

[@tamirhayat]

omg lol she was my student dean in my university (technion), great woman

[@tomrockroads2123]

Bless Helena

[@meegrace599]

Thank you...

[@johnpaddy8195]

Interest Levels, Means everything.

[@thuaphi]

Respect ❤

[@sajithomas2158]

You are amazing

[@paweswiatek7430]

I'm affraid social media plays big role in demotivating people. If we look at date of social media raise in popularity vs problems with motivation as well as chronic diseases among young people, you can clearly find the pattern. Social media are like tobacco in 80s and 90s - we need to limit it and regulate it.

[@motiversePodcast]

Watching from Philippines 🇵🇭🇵🇭

[@cindyhalpern3187]

This was a good Ted Talk. Thank you!

[@samwadinmn]

🎉😂

[@edgarmorales4476]

Although people are sophisticated, big-headed in their "knowledge and learning," versed in contemporary manners, and in new ways of relating one to another, basically, people all those years ago were the same as ourselves. ​ They were controlled and motivated entirely by their TWIN IMPULSES of human nature: Bonding-Rejection Desires-Repulsions even as we are. They loved, hated, criticized, condemned, slandered, gossiped, possessed ambitions to rise to the top of society, despised those who were failures in life, slept around and taunted those who were different in any way to themselves.

[@josienicholas3945]

She’s so motivational her blood is B Positive

[@lynsenior2979]

Watching from Tanzania🇹🇿 Anyone else👋

[@kimballhansen2629]

I rarely like the doing of the goal and always enjoy the finishing of the goal. How do I get excited to invest in means?

[@ChomiC33]

🔥🔥🔥

[@MarshaunRobinson]

🔥

[@mdmukammilahmed3533]

Watching from 🇧🇩

[@hiepkhach85]

Tuyệt vời ❤❤❤

[@hamzaalghurbani]

Coooool

[@bukurie6861]

Beautiful Immresion Video❤😍🪬

[@moreno3461]

A mechanical engineer point of view: people are motivated above all by their profound needs and usually the need for enjoyement is the most superficial one.

[@drumbum3.142]

I Might be the Laziest, Proactive person/human ever. Lol It Helps to be doing something that one is Passionate About, but that doesn't always happen.

[@GS-cg3yn]

True. I think burnout has killed any passion left in me.

[@harrypearle9781]

It PAYS to PLAY (Playful activities, games, toys, sports, etc can help to sustain interest) (STRONG Museum of Play is in Rochester, NY, where I live. It pays to play, at any age!) Taking CHANCES, in playful ways, can help us to keep going, over come fears, etc. ================================================================== TNX

[@GS-cg3yn]

My burnout is so profound that I have lost my enthusiasm for everything. 😔

[@anavega6168]

Será que o canal não pode por legenda em português? Inscrita e muito interessada nos assuntos do canal, mas é a segunda vez que peço. Nem todo mundo sabe o inglês e nem tem obrigação de saber. É uma pena que um canal tão engajado na dinâmica humana, não tenha interesse em nos brasileiros.

[@jessicabzrs]

mas tem legenda em pt. Você procura a engrenagem (a minha fica na parte superior a direita), na parte de legendas seleciona “traduzir automaticamente” e escolhe a língua. Espero que funcione!

[@anavega6168]

@@jessicabzrs Funcionou. Muito obrigada por sua consideração , paciência e gentileza. Feliz Natal e um novo ano de muita prosperidade e paz.

[@VithabaiShinde-ko6hy]

=६५

[@PatrickVien-ik5pb]

you are very right sir,I wasn't financial free until my 30’s and I’m still in my 30’s, bought my third house already, earn on a monthly through passive income, and got 4 out of 5 goals, just hope it encourages someone's that it doesn’t matter if you don’t have any of them right now, you can start TODAY regardless your age INVEST and change your future! Investing in the financial market is a grand choice I made.

[@roniquebreauxjordan1302]

Watching the third week of January 2024

[@hasanurvlogs5380]

Watching from India ❤❤

[@danksourav]

Ok that's fine

[@wellbodisalone]

Who else is watching the video to be motivated in 2024?

[@ananya170]

Action leads to Motivation✅ Motivation leads to action ❎

[@Timpriestley]

Three words that got me - Remove Your Ego.

[@harrypearle9781]

MESSAGE to GARCIA (Famous essay about motivation, by a messenger) We are all MESSENGERS and trying to carry a message to someone can PULL US along. For example, I am motivated to put this note on this wonderful video lesson. Hatzlacha ======================================================================

[@harrypearle9781]

TNX MCH

[@Knowledge.Official-xo8xk]

Hard motivational vid....

[@woodspriteful]

The thesis doesnt match the examples, such as familial support to inspire motivation. There was no cohesion in this talk.

[@IPoopOnYouEveryLastOneOfYou]

It wasn't a great talk, that woman needed serious help trying to communicate what was supposed to be the message of it all suggestions on how to be motivated, so much lousy stuff she chucked in there for 18 minutes. All she delivered was coercion, contusion, and concussion.

[@hestiathena4917]

I suppose there's some good advice here... if you're not also dealing with some combination of burnout, depression, trauma, existential despair, or a "high-functioning" neurological disorder...😑

[@Up00_branding]

Se si fa ricerca le sorprese non mancano mai. L'ultima che ricordo aver "scoperto" ai microfoni è stato il demolire tantissime convinzioni sulla GenZ

[@OmerJadallah]

I want someone to seake with me in call to improve my English

[@saviosebastian7832]

I don't what to comment so I will just put it here

[@panosdotnet]

What?

[@Douglas_Gillette]

The audio has a horrendous buzz!

[@harrypearle9781]

BUZZ in your head? I don't hear a buzz. Maybe it is in your head, or on the computer??? TNX H

[@IPoopOnYouEveryLastOneOfYou]

Like this comment if you know you could have given a better talk on motivation than her.

[@harrypearle9781]

NO, NO, NO. It is a great talk

[@tehdii]

It is only fair to point out there are bunch of guys that won the NP without the help of any women.

[@nancycm]

Which ones? Maybe some of them didn’t know their mothers, but probably not many.

[@lateonaname]

Any man that has a family and can succeed in work has had the help of a woman. She takes care of home so he can pursue his achievement … even without children wives clean their clothes and provide meals… we all only have so many hours in a day

[@tomrockroads2123]

These gladiators lifestyle not scared being in boxes and my name is zatoichi honahmuhat 666 demon king peasant need help family affairs

[@cherryblossom9482]

The accent makes it so difficult to follow 😢

[@Divchyk]

Why does it feel like most comments are either AI generated or have an ulterior movie? 🤔