Delayed gratification, also referred to as deferred gratification, is often difficult because we’re wired not just to seek pleasure but also to avoid pain. Two separate sections of your brain handle pleasure and pain, so this is where it can get challenging.
Delayed gratification is challenging. But there are several benefits to not succumbing to an immediate reward. Better health, improved self-worth and overall long-term success with goal setting are just a few.
Listen in as I share 4 ways to delay gratification.
Get the book "The Marshmallow Test: Why Self-Control Is the Engine of Success" by renowned psychologist Walter Mischel
YouTube video of The Marshmallow Test (1970) by Walter Mischel, a professor of psychology at Stanford University, and his graduate student, Ebbe Ebbesen
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