We are sculptors finding ourselves in the evolution of choosing, not in the results of choice. — Sheena Iyengar Copy Share Image
The key to getting the most from choice is to be choosy about choosing. — Sheena Iyengar Copy Share Image
Choosing is a creative process, one through which we construct our environment, our lives, ourselves. — Sheena Iyengar Copy Share Image
I'm a great believer in the idea of not choosing based on our taste. — Sheena Iyengar Copy Share Image
Being a Sikh meant having to do what Mom and Dad said, and going to temple, and Mom and Dad choosing who… — Sheena Iyengar Copy Share Image
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 Image
Also if they choose from more options than fewer options they're less satisfied with what they choose and that is true whether… — Sheena Iyengar Copy Share Image
“The challenges we face when it comes to identity and choice exist precisely because choosing is not only a private activity but… — Sheena Iyengar Copy Share Image
I think of choosing as a... both a fun and an effortful activity and I think of choice as something that in… — Sheena Iyengar Copy Share Image
People were actually 6 times more likely to buy a jar of jam if they had encountered 6 than if they encountered… — Sheena Iyengar Copy Share Image
When you're choosing furniture for your home that's supposed to express who you are, what you are also saying is you want… — Sheena Iyengar Copy Share Image
They [people] start asking themselves "Well which one is the best? Which one would be good for me?" And all those questions… — Sheena Iyengar Copy Share Image
“One could even argue that we have a duty to create and pass on stories about choice because once a person knows… — Sheena Iyengar Copy Share Image
Now if you expand their choice set. Say you give them 20 different speed dates, everything goes out the window. Everybody starts… — Sheena Iyengar Copy Share Image
“When the options are few, we can be happy with what we choose since we are confident that it is the best… — Sheena Iyengar Copy Share Image
“The ability to choose well seems to depend in no small part upon our knowing our own minds. And when we ask… — Sheena Iyengar Copy Share Image
“Henri Poincaré, a celebrated French mathematician and philosopher of science, said, “Invention consists in avoiding the constructing of useless combinations and in… — 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