Thomas Anglero argues that delaying gratification makes rewards more precious because time creates memories and meaning. Patience transforms material possessions into something emotionally valuable, turning moments into the kind of things worth having.
It's time that is the value, not the car, not the belt, not the clothes. We all want everything now, but when you get something now, it spoils you. How many times you give a kid or an adult, they get something now because you have a lot of money, you could buy a really expensive belt now. You could get clothes now, a new car now, and then tomorrow you don't appreciate it because you got it so quick. It's time. It's time that is the value, not the car, not the belt, not the clothes. It was the time it took that was so precious. It's the time that it took and the things that happened in that time that made when you eventually got the car, the clothes, or the belt so wonderful. That's where you get the stories about that, that all these things happen and I eventually got the car. It's not about the end result— the car, the belt, the clothes. It's time that is precious. It is time that makes things magical. So why do we want everything now? We should want everything much later because we want all the magic of time. We want all the interactions with each other. We want all the mistakes that we make. We want all the insecurities that we go through. We want all of the moments of smiling and falling in love and falling out of love and It's all based on time. Time is that wonderful part of life that makes life
IBM Watson AI Lab for Cancer presentation to Ullern HIgh School / Thomas Anglero
Will You Lose Your Job to AI / Oslo Business Forum / Thomas Anglero & Richard Qwest
