Delaying gratification is the key to success according to the document. It argues that humans evolved the ability to delay current pleasures for future gains, which allowed the development of societies and agriculture. Delaying gratification requires comparing present and future pleasures and choosing to build up greater future pleasure through delayed enjoyment now. Practicing this skill of delaying gratification can improve success by making it easier to build a huge future for oneself through compound growth and momentum over time.

1. The Master Key Of All Success

2. Scientists, namely physicists, have long
been looking for a "grand unification
theory."

3. One simple, powerful and elegant way
to describe all the basic forces of
nature.

4. Governments spend all kinds of cash
building supercolliders in hopes of
smashing matter into tinier and tinier
bits to help explain the nature of
"stuff."

5. If you can remember any algebra or
math, a lot of time is spent on
"simplifying" complex expressions into
easy to understand ones.

6. If your test answer was "11/22" you
might get less credit than if you put
down "1/2" for example.

7. Our brains went through the same
process, and many argue they are still
going through that process.

8. Of becoming more efficient, quicker
and able to not waste so much time
thinking about stuff.

9. It's easier to remember a couple of
concepts than a whole bunch of
specific details.

10. If there is ONE simple idea that is an
underlying concept in ALL areas of self-
development, it is being able to delay
gratification.

11. Some scientists even tell us that our
ability to forego current pleasures in
order to get more pleasure in the
future is one thing that helped us
settle down into societies.

12. Hunter-gathers put in effort today, to
get food today.

13. On the other hand, those that have
"discovered" agriculture learn that if
you put in a bunch of work THIS
MONTH, you'll get TONS of food a few
months from now.

14. If you think of corn as "wealth" or
even "money" the ancient farmers
basically discovered how to use
"money" to make "money."

15. But if you gave a handful to corn to a
hunter-gatherer, they would only see
food, not a potential to take THAT
wealth, and turn it into MORE wealth.

16. This is IMPOSSIBLE if you aren't able to
delay gratification.

17. But once you get going, that
momentum just keeps getting bigger
and bigger, and your yearly success
grows greater and greater.

18. One way to "trick" yourself into being
able to do this (or do it better), is take
some time and compare a couple of
ideas.

19. The idea of enjoying something NOW,
vs. how much you'll enjoy something
in the future MORE if you PUT OFF
your NOW enjoyment.

20. Like take something you'd like to eat,
but shouldn't.

21. First imagine the pleasure you'd get
from eating it NOW, then imagine a
much bigger pleasure (six pack, loose
clothes, compliments, etc.) that you'd
get in the future if you DIDN'T eat it.

22. Take the time to BUILD UP that "future
pleasure" until it is more compelling
than the "now pleasure."

23. This will take time, as it is a skill, rather
than a "weird trick."

24. And the more you practice, the better
you'll get.

25. The pretty cool thing about the SKILL
of delayed gratification, is it WILL start
to show up in other areas of your life.

26. Making it easier to build a HUGE
future for yourself.

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