{"id":473,"date":"2019-03-06T22:03:19","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T22:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kevinbk.com\/\/?p=473"},"modified":"2020-08-10T19:24:01","modified_gmt":"2020-08-10T19:24:01","slug":"o-perigo-de-desejar-satisfacao-imediata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kevinbk.com\/en\/the-danger-of-wanting-immediate-satisfaction\/","title":{"rendered":"The danger of wanting immediate satisfaction"},"content":{"rendered":"

We live in a selfish society full of people desperate to just fulfill their own desires without thinking about others or without knowing how to wait. What are the problems with doing that? How did we arrive at this result? In this article we will see the great danger of wanting immediate satisfaction. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Satisfying our desires and pleasures immediately today is very easy. We have access to delicious food, video games, drinks, movies and series, online shopping ... All the time we want and whenever we want, without limits and restrictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lack of control and the fulfillment of desires immediately can cause several problems at work and in our life. Knowing how to wait and control these desires will greatly improve our productivity and results. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Immediate satisfaction begins in CHILDHOOD <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We live in an era where people want everything for now. Whose fault is it? From parents! The previous generation failed in the maternity ward, and the current one will fail even more. All because parents do not know how to have authority and satisfy their children's wishes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When a child wants something, he wants it immediately. Who never wanted dessert before dinner? Who hasn't looked at a toy in the window and when the father said he couldn't afford it and the child started to brat? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nowadays people have not learned to expect a reward or to say no to pleasures. This attitude is totally related to selfishness and is present even in politics. The government could make a lot more money<\/a> if they thought about the country's future instead of stealing what it doesn't even have. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A study at Columbia University in the USA examined children's patience by offering two options to choose from. They could immediately get a snack or wait some time to earn twice as much. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Children were examined 10 years later, those who waited to get twice as much as they had, had better school performance, social life, less stress and frustrations. Showing as soon as know how to wait<\/strong> it is a vital attitude towards life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Immediate satisfaction problems<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, Brazilians do not know how to wait, some skip lines, others lie to escape a problem instead of waiting and finding an honest way out. Trying to do things on impulse without knowing how to wait, just for immediate satisfaction, is one of the great problems of Brazilian culture and the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Impatience and immediate satisfaction has resulted in the loss of control of the country. Man has devastated the land in search of money, seeking profit now, and leaving the future aside. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I am quoting Brazil because I am from Brazil, if I was from another country and this site had a different language I would mention another country. So stop this complex of thinking that we are criticizing this country. This is to complete in advance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

People borrow money or buy things on time or in installments just to get the product immediately and then sink into debt. Not to mention those who immerse themselves in sex or drugs just to satisfy pleasures without thinking about the future consequences. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The world today has no control, adults today look like greedy children full of myopia. Some exchange marriage, family, security, health, reputation and even lives to satisfy pleasures immediately. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One of the major culprits for all this is the media that awaken the desires for greed, violence and sex. We are deluded by videos of people sporting wealth, people being rewarded for violent attitudes or satisfying their sexual pleasures with several women. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nowadays the majority of the population cannot live without these things, they exchanged healthy entertainment for things that they themselves condemn, but that they cannot live without. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

consequences of satisfying desires immediately<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We have already mentioned some examples and results of people who sink their lives trying to satisfy their desires. Now, going a little more technically, we can list some problems that immediate satisfaction and lack of control can cause: <\/p>\n\n\n\n