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how to make choosing easier

Hi! Your post looked so lonely in this topic I decided not to leave you alone I watched the video, and recognized the woman talking: I had already seen her other Ted talk "The art of choosing". The talk you posted relates to marketing, which is the art of making people choose and buy your product. It was very interesting to watch because she underlines the fact that we are in a consumerist society, where we are bombed with ads, brands and products. We cannot compare them all, be it because of a lack of time or a lack of knowledge (or anything else), but we still have to choose, and the mechanisms behind this choosing teach us a lot about people. This semester we study how we (and especially kids) learn how to consume, with Inès. We can influence people's choices thanks to Sheena Iyengar's tips, but what I want to remember is the lesson as a consumer, not a professional. We should sometimes take a bit more time to think about our choices, be they for food or life changes, even though not wondering is often easier (you study things once, then you repeat your choice once you have found the right thing for you) and our life changes seem more like an adventure if we do not take too much time thinking them.

Eloïse B wrote:Hi! Your post looked so lonely in this topic I decided not to leave you alone

Thanks.

I knew that I had made an error as soon as I posted the "recommend a website" thread. Still it's important to allow (force) the consumer to make a choice isn't it?

Ok let's try this one. I wanted to say that my favorite website is youtube because I use it for every problem I have. You can find advises about everything there. But, It's better to work on my listening (Toeic is coming)
I'm aware that we make a lot of choices every day. And of course a CEO makes more choices than me, it's kind of his job, and 9 minutes is a long time!
I liked the "blind joke". Typically, in a grocery store, I love to have choices. Now, when I go to a small shop, I'm disturb, because I don't find what I want. I like to try new things, including food, and if I just have the basic products, I'm disappointed. The only exception is when I'm on vacation.
The marketing study about tasting jam is interesting and good to know. And I disagree when she says that we have the choice between 60 jars of mayonnaise because, we have a background, and we already know that we wouldn't buy a lot of them (budget, I pick the one mommy picked, the packaging is awesome). In my opinion, consumers like to have choices.
About management, Cut is interesting and I will try to remember it (and the numbers about p&G and cat litters). I didn't know Aldi was in the USA.
The road is so scary, but very beautiful indeed.
About the magazines, sometimes I want to buy one when I take a train for example, but I usually leave the shop with nothing because it's too messy even if the seller try to organize them in categories.
I bought a car this summer and it was really hard to choose one but my budget and the timing (I had 2 weeks to find my car) made the choice for me (and also my mom)
Good Night John, See you tomorrow!

Here is the link to the TED I watched once and I liked Enjoy ! https://youtu.be/c62Aqdlzvqk

gaelle.vasse wrote:Here is the link to the TED I watched once and I liked Enjoy ! https://youtu.be/c62Aqdlzvqk

You are so verbose with your posts.

Aren't you in Olivier's class?

gaelle.vasse wrote:Here is the link to the TED I watched once and I liked Enjoy ! https://youtu.be/c62Aqdlzvqk

Ah! you've met my mother in law then.

What a nice family you have !
I'm sorry for not being that talkative... it's just that I don't see the point of writing a huge text if my thoughts can ne sums up in two sentences ^^

gaelle.vasse wrote:What a nice family you have !
I'm sorry for not being that talkative... it's just that I don't see the point of writing a huge text if my thoughts can ne sums up in two sentences ^^

You are quite right. Has your lesson finished yet?

I heard so much about this video, and thanks to you Gale, I finally watch it. An ok it's fun!

Laure wrote:and thanks to you Gale

Do I look like him ?!
(I don't think so :p )

He is sooo cute, you should be proud to look like him

gaelle.vasse wrote:

Laure wrote:and thanks to you Gale

Do I look like him ?!
(I don't think so :p )

He's tall isn't he?

Laure wrote:And I disagree when she says that we have the choice between 60 jars of mayonnaise because, we have a background, and we already know that we wouldn't buy a lot of them (budget, I pick the one mommy picked, the packaging is awesome). In my opinion, consumers like to have choices.

I understand what you mean but don't you think it is sometimes just too much? I tend to avoid huge shops because it is just too big, and I know shopping will take too long, so I'd rather go to a medium size shop, where I will spend less time but still find what I need.

If the shop is not too full of people (and there are no long queues at the checkout) I find it quite relaxing to walk along the aisles, looking at mundane products and listening to life bustle around in the large stores. Then again it may be my age as I doubt I was like that 20 or 30 years ago.