# What makes us feel good about our work?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxRiodelaPlata
- Speaker: Dan Ariely
- Year: 2012
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Economics, Business and management
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_ariely_what_makes_us_feel_good_about_our_work)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

What motivates us to work? Contrary to conventional wisdom, it isn't just money. But it's not exactly joy either. It seems that most of us thrive by making constant progress and feeling a sense of purpose. Behavioral economist Dan Ariely presents two eye-opening experiments that reveal our unexpected and nuanced attitudes toward meaning in our work.

## Lectures

1. [What makes us feel good about our work?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/dan_ariely_what_makes_us_feel_good_about_our_work/f26d6119b379), 21 min (TED's player)