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The Role of Delay in Gratification
Psychologists discover this idea of delayed gratification in something known as the Marshmallow Experiment. A lot of us are really struggling to delay gratification. We don't want to wait for the bigger payoff, we want to feel that dopamine hit. But if you delayed those immediate hits of dopamine from allowing yourself to be distracted or to go online, the gratification you're going to get when you complete the essay sooner will be much more profound.