Delaying
I will skip the part where I argue on why this is crucial, many studies have shown that the ability to delay gratification has a direct impact on our success in life.
Fortunately, this ability is not static, it can change over time if we work on it.
The fact is that our brain is naturally made to favor immediate pleasures for evolutionary reasons but we all tried the pleasure race and there is always that one new little thing that you want or that you want more of that makes you unhappy.
True happiness comes from seeing the fruit of hard labor that you put your heart and soul into.
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These are personal thoughts that were inspired by reading The One Thing from Gary Keller so please enjoy and feel free to comment, I would love to hear your opinion on them😁
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