An excellent article in the New Yorker about delayed gratification and how it correlates with future success. I had heard of this before, but this is a relatively short (6 pages) summary.
The author (and researcher) are quick to remind the reader that the human psyche is complicated and jump to too many conclusions. While there is a strong link between delayed gratification and future success, it isn’t clear whether the ability to delay gratification is innate, learned, or both (likely both).
But, all that to say, this is interesting to me both from the perspective of my own development and career as well as in my life as a new parent.
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Jesse
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