Comments on: Delayed Gratification and the Feel Good Factor http://www.plainadvice.com/delayed-gratification-and-the-feel-good-factor It's All About Living Better Fri, 16 May 2008 10:50:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Daniel http://www.plainadvice.com/delayed-gratification-and-the-feel-good-factor#comment-2017 Daniel Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:34:18 +0000 http://www.plainadvice.com/delayed-gratification-and-the-feel-good-factor#comment-2017 I couldn't understand some parts of this article ed Gratification and the Feel Good Factor Advice on Marriage, Life and More : Plain Advice, but I guess I just need to check some more resources regarding this, because it sounds interesting. I couldn’t understand some parts of this article ed Gratification and the Feel Good Factor Advice on Marriage, Life and More : Plain Advice, but I guess I just need to check some more resources regarding this, because it sounds interesting.

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]]> By: Brooke http://www.plainadvice.com/delayed-gratification-and-the-feel-good-factor#comment-305 Brooke Sat, 15 Sep 2007 02:56:13 +0000 http://www.plainadvice.com/delayed-gratification-and-the-feel-good-factor#comment-305 Well put Maria. Really the whole idea behind this is setting up, or simply recognizing, small but motivating rewards along the way to the big and obvious ones. As always, thanks for your well thought comment! Brooke Well put Maria. Really the whole idea behind this is setting up, or simply recognizing, small but motivating rewards along the way to the big and obvious ones.
As always, thanks for your well thought comment!
Brooke

]]> By: Never the Same River Twice http://www.plainadvice.com/delayed-gratification-and-the-feel-good-factor#comment-301 Never the Same River Twice Fri, 14 Sep 2007 12:53:58 +0000 http://www.plainadvice.com/delayed-gratification-and-the-feel-good-factor#comment-301 Really good points, Brooke. As we all know, the best meal in the world is the first one you're able to keep down after 3 days of a stomach virus! In thinking through ways to apply this idea of delayed gratification, I realized that many systems are based on rewards. For example, the military rewards graduates of basic training with a ceremony and a feeling of being a real member of the group. Colleges essentially do the same thing, rewarding 4 (or more) years of hard work with a degree and a feeling of accomplishment. So often, it seems that people think they have to delay gratification *forever* to achieve their goals and that's why they avoid acting. But if you build in rewards along the way, it becomes much more manageable. Really good points, Brooke. As we all know, the best meal in the world is the first one you’re able to keep down after 3 days of a stomach virus!

In thinking through ways to apply this idea of delayed gratification, I realized that many systems are based on rewards. For example, the military rewards graduates of basic training with a ceremony and a feeling of being a real member of the group. Colleges essentially do the same thing, rewarding 4 (or more) years of hard work with a degree and a feeling of accomplishment.

So often, it seems that people think they have to delay gratification *forever* to achieve their goals and that’s why they avoid acting. But if you build in rewards along the way, it becomes much more manageable.

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