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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 eating a marshmallow, even if promised more marshmallows later, delayed gratification is something that is not easy to do for most of us, in a fundamental way.
  • Resisting the urge to eat the cake because you are on a diet, or denying yourself a new iPhone so that you can save up for a new house later is all part of the same game.

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Delayed gratification at its core isn’t about self-control, but about managing our emotions.

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How To Delay Gratification: Five Rules

  1. Make things out of sight to avoid them. Example: Not being in the vicinity of junk food to avoid putting it in your mouth.
  2. 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

.. 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 tomorro...

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