When people only think about today, when next month comes, it won’t be so good.
When people only think about what they can get from others today, those people will not be around then tomorrow.
When people think mainly about their own comfort and entertainment today, they will have nothing tomorrow.
When people consume all their income today, tomorrow they will be broke.
When people optimize their days for today, they build nothing for their future.
You can look at someone’s situation and age today (or your own), and understand if they have been thinking long-term or short-term in the past.
The ability to delay gratification is central to thinking long-term or short-term.
Of course, if you are in a crisis, you are thinking short-term. But if you are always thinking short term, you will have far more crises.
How about you? Are you doing the things today so that you can be healthier, happier and live more prosperously down the road?
My wife and I are definitely a long – term planners, we are doing things today to have a happy healthy future. We did watch Finding Joe the other day. Then I started thinking about Joe, he does really well at his day job and your blog plays a big role at his day job. But the real Joe wants to do something bigger than just his day job. Time to get Joe going!
Thanks Larry
Wow, thanks for sharing Larry. Good stuff!