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Delayed Gratification
.. is when you trade your present happiness with a greater amount of happiness in the future.
- Most religions discovered that it is a virtue to delay your pleasures, and saving up on resources.
- Delayed gratification, or sacrificing today for a better tomorrow is one of the foundations of our civilization.
- It works because the benefits of delaying, saving or not consuming something add up.
- Eating healthy today, investing in the business for long-term gains.
- For the young, studying right now (instead of a party) to have a better life in the future is delayed gratification.
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We Are Lousy In Delaying Gratification
Delayed gratification at its core isn’t about self-control, but about managing our emotions.
If we look at credit card debt, consumer loans, the drug addiction epidemic, obesity levels, and problems with mental health, it is evident that delaying gratification is hard for ...
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How To Delay Gratification: Five Rules
- Make things out of sight to avoid them. Example: Not being in the vicinity of junk food to avoid putting it in your mouth.
- Grow up and find out what you are dealing with. Example: If you smoke, understand the health, social, financial and other costs associated with sm...
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Delayed Gratification: The Most Important Trait
- Many cultural systems in society keep us in check so that we don’t derail our lives. Schools and colleges, parental guidance and any community have rules and regulations in place that are based on delayed gratification.
- Just like a child is not able to resist the temptation of eati...
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What Is Delayed Gratification?
Delayed gratification is being able to trade your present happiness for a greater amount of future happiness and if you’re anything like the rest of humanity, you’re probably terrible at it. We live in a world with soaring consumer debt, rising rates of drug addiction, worsening mental health, an...
Delayed Gratification is the Foundation of Civilization
Many ancient cultures, religions and philosophies promote delayed gratification as one of the highest human virtues.
Delayed gratification is the call to sacrifice a little satisfaction today to greatly increase the quality of life tomorrow.
Internalize delayed gratification
When you are not disciplined, you know only one part of the equation: immediate gratification (our desire to experience pleasure or fulfillment without delay).
But delayed gratification (resistance to the temptation of an immediate reward in preference for a later reward) is so much ...
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