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[–]deceived_blackberry 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

It gets me every time when "planning for the future" and "delayed gratification" are portrayed as anything other than unambiguously good.

[–]the_nybbler 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Delayed gratification can be bad. Ability to delay gratification is good, but it is sometimes better to take the more immediate reward. There is a time to take profits, after all.