A lot of people can’t stand waiting to fulfill their desires. They want it now, and they want it delivered. We have groomed ourselves to be this way. We live in fast food nation, where you place a call and get a hot pizza in 20 minutes delivered right to your door. The problem is that instant gratification rarely ever leads to outstanding results. You are never going to get 5 star steak delivered to your door in twenty minutes and it taste like it does at the restaurant.
There are no overnight successes in the real world. It takes years of work to truly get where you want to go. Most people can’t stand waiting or putting in the work to get there. It’s probably why most people don’t realize their dreams. They trade security and instant results with these things called jobs, rather than working hard and waiting for potential big wins by following their dreams. I love this video. It’s a study that was done about gratification. Kids were given a choice, they could eat one marshmallow now, or if they waited until the lady returned they could get two. Just by waiting only a few minutes, they could double their rewards! Watch how hard it is for these kids to wait.
Is it really that bad to work hard for a few years so that you can be permanently lazy if you choose to be? If you dedicated just 3-5 years of your life towards your dreams and realized them, would it worth it to you? Personally, I’d trade 5 years in order to get everything I want, rather than get mediocre results now for the rest of my life.
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