Short-term gratification is Counter Productive.
This short video from TED U will make you smile because it features small children captured on hidden camera when they are told to NOT eat a marshmallow that’s been placed in front of them. As you watch it, think about the pressure and long-term damage that’s done to organizations whose leaders and stockholders demand time-based short-term gains.
There are probably more bad decisions made to “improve quarterly numbers” than any other single reason. Brushing it off with “well, that’s business” doesn’t make it right, nor does it mitigate the almost certain long-range decline resulting from too much focus on the marshmallow.
Wouldn’t you rather eat the whole bag, not the single treat.
