One day I went to the manager and I asked him whether his model was working and he said, "Well, haven't you seen how many customers we have in this store?" And yes indeed I had. I mean it was… — Sheena Iyengar Copy Share Image
In fact, even in that store Draeger's they had 348 different kinds of jam actually in the jam aisle. And what we found over about, say, 10 years of research is that as the number of choices actually increase people… — Sheena Iyengar Copy Share Image
Then, the other thing that affected my interest in choices growing up was the fact that I was going blind and that meant that… — Sheena Iyengar Copy Share
“move. For one thing, you’re going to start paying more attention. Yes, perhaps you’ll sometimes have a crazed, wild-eyed look, but that’s a price… — Sheena Iyengar Copy Share
What we share with animals is a desire for choice. It's a desire to have control over our life and a desire to live… — Sheena Iyengar Copy Share
You know, you take a little infant and you turn on the music mobile on their crib and you find that if you give… — Sheena Iyengar Copy Share
I went home and they seemed... my parents seemed normal. They didn't seem to feel like somehow they had been victims of some Nazi… — Sheena Iyengar Copy Share
The less control people had over their work, the higher their blood pressure during work hours. Moreover, blood pressure at home was unrelated to… — Sheena Iyengar Copy Share
Consumers presented with six choices on an item were twice as likely to buy as consumers overwhelmed with 24 varieties of the same item. — Sheena Iyengar Copy Share
The quality of health care continues to improve, and people are living longer, but these developments mean that we're likely to eventually find ourselves… — Sheena Iyengar Copy Share
I used to go to this store called Draeger's and you had a little bit of that same feeling because this was a store… — Sheena Iyengar Copy Share
Balancing hopes, desires and an appreciating of the possibilities with a clear-eyed assessment of the limitations: that is the art of choosing. — Sheena Iyengar Copy Share
So gut tells you "How do I feel about this right now?" It doesn't tell me how I feel about it tomorrow or even… — Sheena Iyengar Copy Share
I put out a good 10 different types of drinks for them and they just said, "Oh, okay, so it's just one choice." One… — Sheena Iyengar Copy Share
Like, people are less likely to invest in their retirement when they have more options in their 401K plans than when they have fewer. — Sheena Iyengar Copy Share
