what a young person should do to life

年轻人的生活

Learn to delay gratification.

学会推迟享受。

Ability to delay gratification predicts future success.

 

Those who succumb to pressures and do what's immediately satisfying miss out on later satisfaction.

 

Kids in high school who partied every night are bagging groceries at Safeway now, while those who delayed that "fun" for just a few more years get to work at their dream job for the rest of their lives.