Dear Nigerians, it’s my pleasure to be in touch with you again today. I appreciate your very kind words and support through your text messages and would publish them soon. Today, I’d be discussing one of the weapons we’ve been freely given to have the very best of things in life but which unfortunately is rarely used by today’s youth. It is delaying gratification which is the ability to resist the temptation for an immediate reward and wait for a later reward. It is associated with resisting a smaller but more immediate reward in order to receive a larger or more enduring reward later. And a person’s ability to delay gratification relates to other similar skills such as patience, impulse control, self-control and willpower, all of which are involved in self-regulation. I imagine a parent reading this wondering if it’s possible for today’s youth to practice self-regulation. However, I believe a good number of youth who are destined for unusual greatness are conscious that the very best of things in life still come to those who work hard the right way and patiently wait for its reward. I tell you this may not come so easy as one’s childhood orientation determines so much. However, one’s deliberate or do I say forceful will power can help.

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