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The IKEA effect #shorts

2022-12-17 · Short · Ali · recording, 0:45 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Productivity and time · mode: Explanation and tutorial · tags: Evidence-based framing

Ali explains the IKEA effect from a 2011 study, in which people who assembled IKEA furniture would pay 63% more for it than people who only looked at it, and concludes that putting more effort into boring work makes you enjoy and value it more.

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00:00:00 — The IKEA effect: the 2011 furniture study and why more effort makes boring work enjoyable

  • ★★ Ali describes a 2011 study in which one group looked at a piece of IKEA furniture and another assembled it; asked what they would pay for it, the builders offered 63% more for the same item. — 00:00:00

  • ★★★ Ali says the researchers called this the IKEA effect, "when labor leads to love": a clear demonstration that the more work you put into something, the more you tend to value it. — 00:00:00

    “The researchers called this phenomenon the IKEA effect, when labor leads to love.”

  • ★★★ Ali says the secret to doing really boring work is often to put more effort into it: the more effort you put into your job, business or studies, the more likely you are to enjoy and value it. — 00:00:29

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  • first on record · How do you make boring work more enjoyable? — Ali says the secret to doing really boring work is often to put more effort into it: the more effort you put into your job, business or studies, the more likely you are to enjoy and value it. (00:00:29)

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