{"id":3930,"date":"2016-11-22T12:33:40","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T12:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.inspo.ie\/?p=3930"},"modified":"2021-02-17T17:36:26","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T17:36:26","slug":"careers-life-true-gratification-instant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inspo.ie\/careers-life-true-gratification-instant\/","title":{"rendered":"Careers and Life: Is True Gratification Instant?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Instant Gratification Society:<\/strong><\/p>\n

We are moving toward a technology-enabled \u2018instant gratification\u2019 society. In fact, we probably are already there. Want the latest news? Sign-up for updates and you have it as soon as it breaks. Did someone say food? A few handy clicks and you have a pizza on its way in minutes. Looking for love? A \u2018swipe right\u2019 and you are up and running.<\/p>\n

In lots of ways, it\u2019s brilliant. Technology makes life convenient for us. It makes us more informed about events happening\u00a0around the world. It helps us hold down busy lives without letting things slip.<\/p>\n

On the flip side, there are drawbacks. One is that technology is creating inherent expectations within us. Those expectations are of instant answers and solutions. This expectation is shaping how we think and evaluate. People who rely on us are beginning to realise this too.<\/p>\n

Take the recent US election. What was Donald Trump\u2019s response to immigration? We will build a wall.<\/em> It\u2019s instant gratification personified by concrete and cement. And while it\u2019s so very crude, it\u2019s plays right into the mindset that\u2019s evolving in the voting population. So many of Trumps soundbites were of quick solutions to long-term issues, music to the ears of the modern mind.<\/p>\n

What is the truth behind gratification? To get a match on a dating sight is a cool feeling. But all the people I know in truly gratifying and loving relationships have invested their time, energy and commitment to get there. Lasting, stability-ensuring solutions to immigration require more thought, consideration, relationship-building\u00a0and solid policy than building a wall.<\/p>\n

True gratification takes time and effort.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nelson Mandela got huge gratification the moment he was signed in as President of South Africa. But behind that moment was years of persistence, injustice, imprisonment and courage.<\/p>\n

Irish chat show host Graham Norton clearly gets a huge sense of enjoyment and satisfaction each Friday evening when he shares a stage and an audience with the world\u2019s finest celebrities. And yet for years he waited tables and occupied a council flat while searching for his big break.<\/p>\n

Whether it is our current career ambition or a life goal, Norton\u2019s, Mandela\u2019s, and nearly all success stories highlight four facts:<\/p>\n