Comments on: Delaying Gratification-5 Tips on How to Delay Gratification http://financialhighway.com/delaying-gratification-5-tips-on-how-to-delay-gratification/ A personal finance blog discussing investments, savings, insurance and financial planning ideas to grow wealth Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:16:58 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rob O. http://financialhighway.com/delaying-gratification-5-tips-on-how-to-delay-gratification/comment-page-1/#comment-1159 Rob O. Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:58:43 +0000 http://financialhighway.com/?p=2616#comment-1159 I waxed nostalgic about a similar topic recently in a blog post called <a href="http://www.2dolphins.com/2008/11/patience-needed-now.html" rel="nofollow">Patience Needed - Now!</a> I believe our increasingly-digital culture is only aggravating the problem of people not being able to delay gratification. The one-click immediacy that technology so often affords us is a nasty self-perpetuating behavioral enabler. I waxed nostalgic about a similar topic recently in a blog post called Patience Needed – Now!

I believe our increasingly-digital culture is only aggravating the problem of people not being able to delay gratification. The one-click immediacy that technology so often affords us is a nasty self-perpetuating behavioral enabler.

]]> By: Spending Filters and Delaying Gratification | Financial Highway http://financialhighway.com/delaying-gratification-5-tips-on-how-to-delay-gratification/comment-page-1/#comment-1090 Spending Filters and Delaying Gratification | Financial Highway Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:02:49 +0000 http://financialhighway.com/?p=2616#comment-1090 [...] Matt has left out one important factor: self-discipline. If you do not have self control and the ability to delay gratification then the above mentioned filters will not be of any use to you – because at the end of it if you [...] [...] Matt has left out one important factor: self-discipline. If you do not have self control and the ability to delay gratification then the above mentioned filters will not be of any use to you – because at the end of it if you [...]

]]> By: Best of Personal Finance: 5 Tips on How to Delay Gratification | Everyone Read It! http://financialhighway.com/delaying-gratification-5-tips-on-how-to-delay-gratification/comment-page-1/#comment-963 Best of Personal Finance: 5 Tips on How to Delay Gratification | Everyone Read It! Fri, 28 Aug 2009 01:06:08 +0000 http://financialhighway.com/?p=2616#comment-963 [...] Delaying Gratification: 5 Tips on How to Delay Gratification – It’s one of the number one causes for people buying what they can’t afford: they want it now. Learn how to wait just a bit longer with these common-sense tips. Financial Highway [...] [...] Delaying Gratification: 5 Tips on How to Delay Gratification – It’s one of the number one causes for people buying what they can’t afford: they want it now. Learn how to wait just a bit longer with these common-sense tips. Financial Highway [...]

]]> By: Ellen http://financialhighway.com/delaying-gratification-5-tips-on-how-to-delay-gratification/comment-page-1/#comment-962 Ellen Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:04:48 +0000 http://financialhighway.com/?p=2616#comment-962 I definitely agree with the overall message of the studies mentioned above. I had a roommate in college who was in over $20k in debt by the time she was 20 years old (NOT counting the cost of tuition). She couldn't even begin to tell you where she had spent the money, though I observed much of where it went: new clothes, bar nights, car payments, dining out... Getting to know her family, it was obvious that her parents had never said No to her as a child, and continue to grant her what she wants at any time. I had never heard of the study mentioned, but it makes perfect sense to me. There's nothing wrong with saying "No, honey. You need to save your allowance for that." I definitely agree with the overall message of the studies mentioned above. I had a roommate in college who was in over $20k in debt by the time she was 20 years old (NOT counting the cost of tuition). She couldn’t even begin to tell you where she had spent the money, though I observed much of where it went: new clothes, bar nights, car payments, dining out… Getting to know her family, it was obvious that her parents had never said No to her as a child, and continue to grant her what she wants at any time. I had never heard of the study mentioned, but it makes perfect sense to me. There’s nothing wrong with saying “No, honey. You need to save your allowance for that.”

]]> By: Best of Personal Finance: 5 Tips on How to Delay Gratification | Financial Freedom http://financialhighway.com/delaying-gratification-5-tips-on-how-to-delay-gratification/comment-page-1/#comment-957 Best of Personal Finance: 5 Tips on How to Delay Gratification | Financial Freedom Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:54:18 +0000 http://financialhighway.com/?p=2616#comment-957 [...] Delaying Gratification: 5 Tips on How to Delay Gratification – It’s one of the number one causes for people buying what they can’t afford: they want it now. Learn how to wait just a bit longer with these common-sense tips. Financial Highway [...] [...] Delaying Gratification: 5 Tips on How to Delay Gratification – It’s one of the number one causes for people buying what they can’t afford: they want it now. Learn how to wait just a bit longer with these common-sense tips. Financial Highway [...]

]]> By: Kyle http://financialhighway.com/delaying-gratification-5-tips-on-how-to-delay-gratification/comment-page-1/#comment-916 Kyle Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:36:55 +0000 http://financialhighway.com/?p=2616#comment-916 I struggle with this one myself. I am definitely a here and now kind of guy. If I see it, and I want it, then I want it now. It has actually helped some since my wife and I went to separate spending accounts as I can no longer tap into the joint money for buying extraneous stuff. I had to wait a whole 4 weeks to get my iPhone. Can you believe that. :-) I struggle with this one myself. I am definitely a here and now kind of guy. If I see it, and I want it, then I want it now. It has actually helped some since my wife and I went to separate spending accounts as I can no longer tap into the joint money for buying extraneous stuff. I had to wait a whole 4 weeks to get my iPhone. Can you believe that. :-)

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