They say patience is a virtue; it’s probably also a blessing. How much would you accept in a year’s time instead of $100 today? Let’s hope, for your sake, you picked a sum not too much greater. More patient people grow richer and healthier than their more impetuous peers, according to a new study that compares elderly Americans’ willingness to delay financial gratification with their personal characteristics and lifetime outcomes. Older people are an impatient…
Patience is the secret to wealth and health, economists suggest in a new study
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