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| − | '''Delayed gratification''' is "the process of scheduling the pain and pleasure of life in such a way as to enhance the pleasure by meeting and experiencing the pain first and getting it over with"<ref>[[M. Scott Peck]], ''The Road Less Traveled'' (1978), p. 18; cited by [[Rick Ezell] in ''The 7 Sins of Highly Defective People'', p. 142 </ref> | + | '''Delayed gratification''' is "the process of scheduling the pain and pleasure of life in such a way as to enhance the pleasure by meeting and experiencing the pain first and getting it over with"<ref>[[M. Scott Peck]], ''The Road Less Traveled'' (1978), p. 18; cited by [[Rick Ezell]] in ''The 7 Sins of Highly Defective People'', p. 142</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 11:33, July 13, 2016
Delayed gratification is "the process of scheduling the pain and pleasure of life in such a way as to enhance the pleasure by meeting and experiencing the pain first and getting it over with"[1]
Notes
- ↑ M. Scott Peck, The Road Less Traveled (1978), p. 18; cited by Rick Ezell in The 7 Sins of Highly Defective People, p. 142