You may have heard of (or maybe watched a video on) The marshmallow test, a famous psychological experiment that examines self-control, delayed gratification, and their relationship to future success. The marshmallow test was first conducted in the late 1960s and early 1970s by psychologist Walter Mischel at Stanford University, and it goes something like this:
A kid (or sometimes two) are brought into a room and given a marshmallow. They're told they can either eat it now or wait a little while and get two.
Choices, choices.
If you're curious to see how they handle it, watch this video. It's fun to watch their behavior:
As expected, a lot of them ate the marshmallow immediately. Others (long-termers) waited the full 15 minutes to earn the second marshmallow.
Mischel and his team followed up with the participants years later (when they were either teenagers or young adults) and found significant correlations between the ability to delay gratification in preschool and later outcomes.
Children who waited longer for the second marshmallow tended to have:
- Higher SAT scores.
- Better academic performance.
- Lower body mass index (BMI).
- Fewer behavioral problems.
- Better social and emotional skills.
Interesting, right?
Even though we know something about the effects of compound interest and delayed gratification, many people still chose to spend way too much money on clothes and eating out. Not only that, they even send their valuable cryptocurrency to exchanges during bear markets to turn into Turkish liras to pay their phone bill.
I'm not implying we shouldn't spend any money. I'm just saying don't spend more than you earn, don't use your credit card if you can't pay it off at the end of the month and certainly don't buy $600 Golden Goose "pre-distressed premium sneakers".
source: reuters.com
When it comes to your cryptocurrency investment, consider building a portfolio for the long-term. Acquire some bitcoin and hold on to it for 10 years; even if it's just a few sats at a time. If you're reading this article, you're probably familiar with the HIVE ecosystem. If this is the case, I'd like to remind you that if you are providing value to other community members, you WILL receive value in return in the form of $HIVE and $HBD stablecoin.
Once in your wallet...
- $HBD in savings earns 15% APR
- $HIVE staked as Hive Power earns 2.89% APR
- Curation rewards on Hive can range anywhere from 5% to 12% APR.
That's money on top of your money!
So consider shifting your strategy from a cash-out now to a long-term HODL. Every day there are more individuals who are willing to exchange HIVE and HBD for services like design, management, editing, coding. Not to mention full on teams and businesses.
With the development of Leo Merchants and VSC, one day, you may not even have to leave the HIVE ecosystem to buy food, medicine or pay rent.
You'll be able to stay digital and do business with others without having to use a bank and without asking for permission from governments or corporations.
The future is bring my friends.
Don't miss out.
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Great analogy and I didn't know about The Marshmallow Test. I think I am part of those which can wait and have delayed gratification as I am yet to take some real profits out of crypto while being in the space since 2017. And about Hive, I simply with to keep on building for the future and make the most of it here as I love this ecosystem.
That's why you're going to make it :)
You'll be orca soon and so will I. Together we have the power to change our future and to help others do the same.
There's huge power in numbers.
I'm playing the long game with Hive, but can appreciate that others need funds immediately. If they can put some of their rewards aside then it will pay off.
There's nothing wrong with taking your post rewards and converting them to fiat if you need it to pay for rent, medicine or food. If it's there and you need it to cover an emergency, by all means, use it. But let's be real, people don't have financial emergencies 100% of the time. It's perfectly possible to claim your rewards as 50% HP and HP $HBD. This ratio is more than enough to build your stake AND spend some of your earnings.
Azircon came up with something called The KE ratio, which helps us understand what proportion of HIVE you are holding vs extracting. You can check your KE ratio with this tool. under 1 is good, the more positive your KE, the more of an extractor you are. Our friend @slobberchops has a different name for folks with a high KE ratio 😄:
https://peakd.com/python/@slobberchops/leeching-arseholes
I've seen a few people talking about KE. I'm not really going to judge people, but I don't really like to see them using that account that lets them exchange their rewards for an instant payout. They ought to try and build some HP.
Mr Chops is less forgiving than me :)
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great post, the marshmallow test was always interesting to me- i think that the correlation between the 1st 2 points "Higher SAT scores & Better academic performance" and the ability to think & choose wisely for a greater benefit or success "in the kids case waiting 15m & getting 2pcs instead of 1" is the strongest- i think more than 95%, while for the other 3 points "Lower body mass index (BMI), Fewer behavioral problems,Better social and emotional skills" the percentage is less "mainly because behavioral & psychological well-being is a complicated subject" but the correlation still exists. "don't spend more than you earn, don't use your credit card if you can't pay it off at the end of the month and certainly don't buy $600 Golden Goose pre-distressed premium sneakers" totally agree with this "debt is a serious matter that people, businesses, countries- need to deal with it much more serious & much more wise". "Every day there are more individuals who are willing to exchange HIVE and HBD for services like design, management, editing, coding" that's really great & with the more integration with the big ecosystems of ETH & SOL the number of such individuals will increase & usage will grow even more. "With the development of Leo Merchants and VSC, one day, you may not even have to leave the HIVE ecosystem to buy food, medicine or pay rent, You'll be able to stay digital and do business with others without having to use a bank and without asking for permission from governments or corporations" i really hope that this day will b soon & i think it would b possible maybe even before 2030. great post & have a great day
A marshmallow in the hand is worth two on the plate.
Maybe.
Maybe not.
lol
Since few years ago, curating rewards cannot really get over about 10%. It’s quite sad that passivity (HBD savings) pays off more than activity - curation.
$HIVE is currently at $0,32 with TONS of new development being announced all the time. At this rate, your staked HIVE will increase by 3x, 5x, 10x... who knows how many Xs, but it's way more than 10%.
I’ve been playing this card since ever, I have no HBD in savings. Also, I am very active, and it is called Power for a reason.
Still, it sends a rather peculiar message to the people outside this blockchain. That one about passivity.
Sometimes, situations in which some people find themselves make them to operate the cash out now syndrome.
Well, some level of discipline can help in developing the waiting mentality
That's the thing. If you need to cashout your HIVE to pay for bread, you're missing out on a huge opportunity to change your life. Find a job that pays you in fiat to pay for bread while building your stack of HIVE for the future. The ticket to freedomland is here for the taking.
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The videos tells a lot friend. It seems in general, male seems to exercise much delayed gratification.
Anyway, I have been a victim of this activities as I always end up spending what I want to HODL. Let's see how it will end this year.
Thanks for the update friend
Yeah, your KE is really high.
Can you help explain further?
You can read about KE ratio here.
High KE (like yours) means you are using HIVE as a faucet. Sending HIVE to exchanges to be sold and not increasing your HP, which is fundamental in a DPoS ecosystem.
Step 1 is get your KE is below 1.0.
Step 2 is vote for witnesses and DHF proposals.
You only vote for 1 witness:
Many people tend to spend more on wants and not on needs , which is not a good way to act financially
Good advice
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ah, The marshmallow test! A classic! Thanks for the reminder and encouragemente! 👍
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I hadn't heard of the Marshmallow test before, but the results are very interesting. It is a fact that medium and long term investments always make people happier, but people are always after easy gains. They want to multiply their money 100 times in a year 😂