155 _ Is Delayed Gratification Worth It?

Maybe you’ve heard the terms “Easy->Hard” and “Hard->Easy”. This is the concept that making the easy decision now will make your life harder later; and vice versa… making the hard decision now will make your life easier later. Is delayed gratification worth the squeeze? Is it worth the sacrifice? We coaches take a fresh perspective on this concept with our conversation this week. Must we frame delayed gratification as a sacrifice? “Don’t let your brain stop solving for the optimal; we can have multiple things at once.”