Effect Of Delayed Gratification On Investment Outcome.

[South Park]

Personally I think the actual effect of delayed gratification is that you tend to better appreciate what you spend on yourself when you start reaping the dividends. When you start up a business without an already laid out plan for how it would look like, there then is no zeal to get on with it.

 For me, denying yourself some things while it's still young also tests your ability to be content. It's not like one would live beggardly all because he's prolonging gratification, but then at the end it becomes worth it.
 

While I agree that denying yourself some stuff when you're young can build character and help you with delayed gratification at the same time we live in a society that is built into satisfying our needs as soon as possible, I remember that when I was at school I needed to go to the library and look for a book and then look for the information that I wanted and it was a process that took hours, now the young people of today get mad if they do not get information they want in a matter of seconds, making incredibly difficult for them to learn they have to be more patient and wait for what they want.

[Davidvictorson]

Everything should be delayed for the sake of wisdom. Macro patience, micro speed, as Gary Vee once said. People that rush into investments without doing their research are the ones who always complain about frauds. As the saying goes, patience is a virtue.

[Gozie51]

Does it therefore mean that the outcome of an investment can be determined in advance when we delay enjoyment/gratification?

Using a lay explanation of what delay enjoyment is and delayed gratification , I think we can delay our enjoyment for saving up money to be invested upon and then expect gratification in advance. If we don't reduced the rate of enjoyment to invest then  gratification may be elucive. Gratification is what comes with successful investment.

[South Park]

Everything should be delayed for the sake of wisdom. Macro patience, micro speed, as Gary Vee once said. People that rush into investments without doing their research are the ones who always complain about frauds. As the saying goes, patience is a virtue.

And it's precisely what we see in this market, people rush to make investments even if they don't really know what they're doing, and then when they lose their money they complain about begin scammed, now it's true that in many cases they were in fact scammed, but there are many people that invested in bitcoin and that simply took bad decisions, and despite of this they are unwilling to accept their responsibility and they try to blame bitcoin instead.

[$anounimus$]

Does it therefore mean that the outcome of an investment can be determined in advance when we delay enjoyment/gratification?

The question is, does delaying gratification always result in better investment returns? The answer is no. Sometimes, we might be better off indulging in instant gratification. Sometimes, we might be better off putting things off for a bit. But when we can enjoy delayed gratification, it often results in long-term gains for us. However, I guess the real lesson here is to know when you're ready to pamper yourself, as well as how to manage that gratification once it arrives!

The best thing about investing is that, in the long run, it usually works. In other words, you can put your money aside and not worry about it for a while, and when you are ready to reap the rewards of your investment, they will be there waiting for you. Well, whether the reward is in the form of interest payments or a return on capital depends on how you choose to invest.

[South Park]

Does it therefore mean that the outcome of an investment can be determined in advance when we delay enjoyment/gratification?

The question is, does delaying gratification always result in better investment returns? The answer is no. Sometimes, we might be better off indulging in instant gratification. Sometimes, we might be better off putting things off for a bit. But when we can enjoy delayed gratification, it often results in long-term gains for us. However, I guess the real lesson here is to know when you're ready to pamper yourself, as well as how to manage that gratification once it arrives!

The best thing about investing is that, in the long run, it usually works. In other words, you can put your money aside and not worry about it for a while, and when you are ready to reap the rewards of your investment, they will be there waiting for you. Well, whether the reward is in the form of interest payments or a return on capital depends on how you choose to invest.

There is really nothing which we can say it works all the time, however on average someone which can wait before getting the benefits they want will do better than someone which cannot wait and wants everything to happen right now, so I really think that people need to learn how to be more patient, as the age in which we live encourages a behavior in which no one is willing to wait for anything as most of the things you can want now you can get them by just making a few clicks on your computer.