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Monday, January 02, 2012 (Updated )

Deferred Gratification

by The Metaist

Summary

Being able to defer gratification means waiting to get what you want. It is highly correlated with life-success, such as academic and professional performance.

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Commentary

Longitudinal studies that have been replicated around the world do present powerful evidence that controlling one's impulses has wonderful benefits.

However, we should also note that there are many psychological barriers that need to be overcome in order to improve one's willpower. This is not a trivial task.

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Updates

2012-12-11