We are all wired to react to immediate gratification. It’s human nature. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending), a person’s ability to delay gratification early in life is strongly linked to success later in life. That study was published in 2018, but similar studies exist going back decades. The most famous one is probably the “marshmallow test” first conducted in 1972.
Watch the video below. Then use the comment section to ask questions about how delayed and immediate gratification factor into our learning, especially our use of grade abatement profiles every three weeks.