“Firms don't just try to pay as little as possible to get the needed bodies on board; when there is unemployment, they ask themselves how wage cuts would affect the behavior of the employees. Would they quit or feel dissatisfied and work less hard on the firm's behalf if they feel that wage policies are unfair?” IfsFeelsTryingLittlesHardBodyAsksPayCuttingPolicyNeededBehaviorQuittingFirmBoardsEmployeeUnfairUnemploymentBehalfDissatisfied Author:Janet Yellen
“Historically, labor unions arose when people had gotten a taste of a different lifestyle and were willing to pay a lot more for their basic livelihood and had gotten into a fix they couldn't get out of - because they had accepted the unacceptable to begin with. Accepting something you have to form a labor union to fight after the fact only tells me that people were acting against their own best (or even good) interests for a long time. I don't see any rational, coherent explanation for this sort of behavior in humans, but it's all over the place.” PeopleHumansLongDifferentFactsFormFightingInterestPayActingAcceptingWillingTasteBehaviorLong TimeLaborUnionsAcceptedLifestyleRationalExplanationLivelihoodLabor UnionDifferent Lifestyles Author:Erik Naggum
“I guess I'm just quite observant and I pay attention to a lot of things. Human behavior really fascinates me.” HumansPayAttentionBehaviorPay AttentionHuman BehaviorObservant Author:Ellie Goulding
“Sexually-transmitted diseases is caused by sexual activity and promiscuity it spreads diseases. That's been known, you know, about 400 or 500 years, that somehow these diseases are spread. If fault comes with people because of their personal behavior but it isn't to be placed on a burden on other people, innocent people, why should they have to pay for the consequences?” PeopleIfsKnowsShouldYearsPayKnownActivityDiseaseBehaviorConsequenceFaultsBurdenSpreadInnocentSexuallyPromiscuitySexually Transmitted DiseasesPersonal Behavior Author:Ron Paul
“If people are smokers, don't they have to pay more? Sometimes, you get your insurance cheaper if you are a nonsmoker. So, let the markets sort this out and insurance sort it out, but not having dictates by the government saying thou, you must do this and your behavior doesn't matter, you know?” PeopleIfsKnowsSometimesMatterGovernmentPayBehaviorCheaperSmokers Author:Ron Paul
“Vacations for wage earners have proved both popular with workers and profitable for employers. Unfortunately, the majority of large employers have not yet followed the example set by a number of progressive corporations. I don't know of a single company that has abandoned vacations for wage earners after having tried the experiment. But I do know many that are delighted with the fruits they have gathered. Under some of the plans vacations with pay must be earned by good behavior, punctuality, etc.... The best results have come where the treatment has been regarded as most liberal.” KnowsHas BeensResultsNumbersPayCompanyPlansExampleBehaviorMajorityFruitWorkersExperimentsCorporationsEtcTreatmentProgressiveAbandonedVacationEmployersProfitableDelightedPunctualityGood Behavior Author:B. C. Forbes
“If you want good behavior, don't pay on a commission basis. Our judges aren't paid so much a case. We keep them pretty well isolated with a fixed salary. Judges in this whole thing have come out pretty well - there have been relatively few scandals.” IfsWantWellsHas BeensWholePayCasesJudgingBehaviorBasesPaidFixedIsolatedScandalSalaryGood Behavior Author:Charlie Munger
“To design an easy-to-use interface, pay attention to what users do, not what they say. Self-reported claims are unreliable, as are user speculations about future behavior.” SelfUseEasyPayAttentionDesignBehaviorClaimsPay AttentionUsersSpeculationUnreliableInterfaces Author:Jakob Nielsen
“Surrendered people understand that they can’t always change a situation, especially when the door is shut. They don’t try to force it open. Instead, they pay attention to their own behavior, look at the situation at hand, and find a new, different, and creative way to get beyond the obstacles. They are comfortable with uncertainty.” PeopleWayTryingLooksDifferentHandsForcePayAttentionSituationCreativeDoorsBehaviorComfortableObstaclesPay AttentionUncertainty Author:Judith Orloff
“Women are brought up to think it's acceptable to pay attention to their faces. Men translate their discomfort into their behavior.” ThinkingMenFacesPayAttentionBehaviorPay AttentionAcceptableTranslateDiscomfort Author:Michelle Pfeiffer
“To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what they say.” PeopleThinkingKnowsLifeInspirationalPayBehaviorPhilosophicalRegard Author:George Santayana
“It is hard to get animals which normally pay little attention to each other to do things together. One can teach dolphins to jump simultaneously out of the water precisely because they show similar behavior spontaneously, but try to make two domestic cats jump together and you will fail.” TryingLittlesTwoHardShowsTogetherWaterAnimalPayAttentionTeachFailingBehaviorCatDolphins Author:Frans de Waal