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You already know what delaying gratification entails, which means you already know how difficult it is. Avoiding a temptation that's standing right in front of you so you can hold out for something substantially better down the line—for many of us, that's a losing battle.
But it's often a losing battle that helps win a war, like when a sports team rests its star players in an unimportant game so they can be at their best for the playoffs. And if you can manage to turn delaying gratification into a regular habit, you may be able to take your own performance from just mediocre to top-notch.
Via The Learning Factor
Impulse control is something you can practice, and these three daily techniques can help.
"When we remain constantly busy, we get caught up in the little things that don’t really matter, and lose track of the bigger, longer-term things that do". Impulse control is a precedent to success and it is something you can practice. These three daily techniques can help.