Short Term Thinking Quotes

I think so many people are reactive... they see things in a short term way they're right up against it.

The number one problem in our society today is short-term thinking.

I doubt that most people with short-term thinking love the natural world enough to save it.

People don't like the idea of thinking long term. Many are desperately seeking short term answers because they have money problems to be solved today.

I think we will see better vaccines within the next 15 years, but I'm not a scientist and am focused on the short-term - what will happen in the interim.

The ability to discipline yourself to delay gratification in the short term in order to enjoy greater rewards in the long term, is the indispensable prerequisite for success.

Money can extinguish intrinsic motivation, diminish performance, crush creativity, encourage unethical behavior, foster short-term thinking, and become addictive.

The most damaging aspect of contemporary living is short-term thinking.

Well it's been about 100 years and every attempt at a comics writers' union has failed miserably. There is, sadly, a long history of short-term thinking and self-destructive behavior among my fellow comic book creators. No matter how many horror stories they have heard they won't even go so far as to hire themselves a lawyer when they need it. It breaks my heart. I am a very proud union member of the Writers Guild. And I can't imagine my fellow comic creators being able to pull something like this together.

Whilst large organisations need foresight, they are also notorious in their bias for short term thinking, sometimes rejecting or even suppressing foresight.

I mean, if the relationship can't survive the long term, why on earth would it be worth my time and energy for the short term?

We are living in an interminable succession of absurdities imposed by the myopic logic of short-term thinking.