Future

You may be prone to missing deadlines for work or school projects. You may leave your friends waiting so often that they have to tell you an earlier time than everyone else when you are meeting somewhere. You may be the person no one wants in their group because you’re just not dependable. or You could be the person who always finishes projects on time, arrives 5 minutes early to everything and wears a cape and spandex when it comes to group projects. If you’re in the first group, you don’t intend to be. Some disconnect happens between when an expectation is communicated and the result that you produce. Personally, I’m more than a little OCD. I hate being late, missing a deadline or not carrying my weight. I haven’t always been that way, though. One principle changed that all for me. Are you ready for the reason some of us (maybe you) can’t help but drop the ball? ...

Delayed gratification isn’t something we excel at in America, and my generation is particularly bad at waiting. We want to live in the homes our parents saved up for decades to buy as soon as we graduate college. We want the latest Apple product, a big house, five cars, and we want it all right now. I think the hard part of delayed gratification is (wait for it, brilliance coming in 3…2…1…) that the whole gratification process is delayed, as in not instant, not right away, not right this moment. ...