Sentences with phrase «gratification at»

«Consumers want instant gratification at the moment of intent,» explains Stephanie Sullivan, CEO of technology provider CurbCall.

As early as the latency years and preadolescence, these children exhibit a lack of conscience, self - gratification at the expense of others, lack of responsibility, dishonesty and a blatant disregard for the rules of family and society.

Consumerism now is all about instant gratification at the best price.

The change in class was really cool, I played mainly as Operator, but found Mechanic to also be quite good, I like the money earning system too, great for buying new weapons for your loadout, and a huge gratification at the end of each match, especially if you didn't make the top ten players of the match.

If Amazon is trading instant gratification for constant gratification over a long period of time, or even if it is trading instant gratification for huge gratification at a future point of time, it needs to find a way to profit from existing customers.

OLDBOY certainly deals with the theme of vengeance, but this is a much more entertaining film as it masquerades as a mystery film noir, and lures us into feeling gratification at protagonist Oh Dae Su's (Choi) vengeance.

Casual sex partners are aplenty on these dating sites and can be found in chatrooms, video chats, live messaging, and all include some form of self - sexual gratification at some point.

It was great for people to have the opportunity to enhance their experience through these natural methods, but so much better to have instant gratification at our finger tips.

Because the baby has become used to instant flow gratification as soon as the bottle touches his or her tongue, they often will not remain at breast long enough to pull milk out, expecting instant flow gratification at breast just as on the bottle.

Placing sexual gratification at the center of life is unquestionably idolatrous.

How many have to die needlessly from runaway STDs because of the selfishness of pursuit of self - gratification at any cost.

In response to our questions, he said only as much as the confidentiality of the proceedings would allow, but his gratification at the outcome was unmistakable.

The instructor must shun the temptation to impress his students with his scholarly prowess, in the guise of demonstrating how creative inquiry proceeds, when in reality he is purchasing self - gratification at the cost of their passivity and vassalage.

Agreed... self gratification at the expense of another is not healthy or respectful.

A score of writers have noted the potentially perverted uses of «paternalistic» styles of ministry and pastoral care — the fostering of a congregation's childlike dependence on the pastor, the turning of ministry into pastoral self - gratification at the expense of congregational freedom and maturity.

When evil rules the majority, then those laws will gradually be changed so that behavior gradually becomes more inclined to selfish gratification at the expense of others, wickedness then becomes expected, then it becomes normal, then it becomes the law.

Respondents who expected their income to lose purchasing power (go up less than inflation) delayed gratification at a lower rate compared to those who expected to maintain the same purchasing power with their income.

Pushing the publishing industry to make books available electronically was a customer - friendly proposition: Readers got instant gratification at lower prices.

Not exact matches

«They need to see that not everything is immediate gratification,» said Chantel Bonneau, a wealth management advisor at Northwestern Mutual.

The ethos of the Bush - era CIA was «know - nothingism,» as Paul Krugman put it at The New York Times, «the insistence that there are simple, brute - force, instant - gratification answers to every problem, and that there's something effeminate and weak about anyone who suggests otherwise.»

Take me: I'm good at working hard and staying focused and delaying gratification and grinding — especially at unusual pursuits, like doing juuust a few too many pushups in one day — but do I actively cultivate a steady stream of things I can't wait to do?

Sussing out a candidate's capacity for delayed gratification, according to Vernon, is all about discovering, «are you in it for building enterprise value and an eventual exit or are really just a cowboy that wants to get paid a lot and likes saying you work at a start - up because it's sexy?»

If you can find a way to delay gratification a bit, you'll not only be able to keep your days filled with hard work, but you'll also be able to truly enjoy the small pleasures in life, a little at a time.

I guess going around looking at locations and stuff, there's no gratification in that.

In his keynote at Modern Customer Experience, Shashi Seth, SVP of Oracle Marketing Cloud, said that shift to revenue goals reflects the changed world we live in — a cord - cut world where users spend more time on technology, more time in their social spaces, more time seeking instant gratification.

IOW, sex solely for the sake of self - gratification (at the mild end) to sex for the sake of exploitation (at the abusive end.)

A burial at sea, thus depriving either side of the self - gratification of idolatry, was a very good move.

At the same time it seems possessive, self - centred, demanding of immediate gratification, heedless of the self - denial and the dedication which goes with enlistment in the service of the Kingdom of God.

I was surprised at how many die accidentally though suffocation as a means of sexual gratification.

With time the point emerges at which our plans for self - gratification are hopelessly at cross-purposes with the commands of the Jesus we have sworn to follow.

People speak in similar ways about «fundamentalists», «bigots», and many other such Americanisms, lobbing them at whomever they feel like, for their current gratification.

Should the broadcast organization come to be the primary source of gratification for the needs of its audience, or to be seen as a functional substitute for the local church, the direction of an individual's financial support could change, though such a change does not appear to be occurring to a great extent at present.

Although I've eaten one of these, I've always resisted the temptation to make them at home because I fear it would mean that I could never make any other chocolate chip cookie again (and because I'm all about the instant gratification).

Racism and violence is not acceptable at any level anywhere and especially no place where millions have to be party to their vile attempt to upset / troll for self gratification or for an advantage.

I simply have no time for these «Wenger Out» people — these are the same people who called for Ramsey to be sold, said Henry was sh*t... they are the «instant gratification» crowd who want immediate glory at whatever cost.

From Walter Mischel's Marshmallow Experiments at Stanford University beginning in the 1960's to a current study from the Graduate School of Education at UCSF, the conclusions have not changed: Impulse control, or the ability to plan ahead and defer gratification, enhances a child's ability to fulfill long - term goals.

He's all about instant gratification and he basically just wants to do whatever he wants at all times.

What the studies can't capture is that personal choice and gratification in choosing to breastfeed or be at home with your children has a significant impact on the well - being of the family as well.

They are better at controlling their impulses, internalizing rules, and delaying gratification (e.g., Heikamp et al 2013; Bernier et al 2015).

In particular, these kids were better at controlling their impulses, and more likely to choose to delay gratification if doing so meant they would get a bigger reward in the future (Cheng et al 2017).

(Wait at least five minutes before breastfeeding — that way he won't associate refusing the bottle with immediate gratification.)

However, many of them gave in to temptation and only about 30 percent of the children were successful at delaying gratification.

The kids who were successful at delaying gratification were able to distract themselves and use self - talk to coach themselves as they waited.

Based on questionnaires using psychological scale measures, the researchers looked at whether or not overindulged children were more likely to become adults who are materialistic, unhappy, unable to delay gratification, and less grateful than other adults.

During the follow - up visit (3 years old), kids with moms who had encouraged their children's autonomy showed better levels of cognitive functioning — specifically, the kids were more adept at processing «higher» thinking like delayed gratification and juggling multiple concepts.

Leaders in positions of power will therefore seek at all costs to maintain those positions, which ensure the dopamine flow and of other neurochemicals and confer them the neurochemical gratification they need; in such instances, political transition is tediously slow.

At the sitting, Danladi gave a startling revelation of the alleged gratification involving the accused person in a document entitled «Extraction Report» that was screened during the proceedings.

In the beginning, teaching was my passion, but I didn't just want to be a teacher; I wanted to be a teacher with a difference, I wanted to teach how to save lives, so I decided to study medicine, that way I get to be a doctor and a teacher at the same time, which I still want to do, but over the years I have come to fall in love with medicine, I want that instant gratification of treating a patient and seeing them get better right in front of you, I mean that is the definition of joy for me.

Therefore, all insinuations relating to undue influence through offer of gratifications or any other means, made by the discredited online publication are mere figment of the imagination and misguided attempt by the sponsor of the online medium aimed at tarnishing the image of the learned DPP, Mr. JIMOH ADEBIMPE MUMINI Esq..

The EFCC also alleged that she received a gratification of N5m from a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Godwin Obla, at a time when the SAN had a case before her.