This is how your ability to delay gratification and tolerate life with patience shapes everything from your career to your ...

I Want It Now seems to be today’s mantra! “And if I don’t get the things I want……… I'm Going To Scream!” "I want it all I want it all I want it all and ...

We live in a society that believes in immediate gratification. Buy something on Amazon. Get it within two business days, sometimes even less. Many of us can remember a time when buying something from ...

Delayed gratification — the ability to sacrifice an immediate reward for a more valuable one in the future — can tell us a lot about intelligence. While once believed to be a uniquely human trait, ...

The proverb says, “Good things come to those who wait.” But could there be such a thing as too much waiting? At first blush, that might seem an absurd question. We are told repeatedly about the ...

Many years ago, there existed an option for people who wanted to purchase significant items that doesn’t exist anymore in a similar form. It was a service that most major stores (especially department ...

In government as in life, sometimes a good idea takes time to take root. Delayed gratification is still gratifying, though, and that’s what I experienced this week when an announcement confirmed ...

Kids and sweets make for a thoroughly compatible combination. Children yearn for the sticky syrup of melted ice cream dribbling down the sides of waffle cones, or the gummy candy that stubbornly ...