Researchers identified various factors that predicted impatience, such as unpleasantness and blameworthiness. Personality makes a difference in our likelihood of being impatient, such as how agreeable ...

I often hear it said that, “Patience is a virtue.” Robert Thomas interpreted that to mean, “The ability to wait for something without getting angry or upset.” Pope Gregory listed patience as one of ...

Warren Buffett’s philosophy shows that the biggest threat to a portfolio is not market volatility—it’s the investor’s reaction to it. Impatience can lead to frequent trading, emotional decisions, and ...

As they say, patience is a virtue. Unfortunately, patience is hard to come by these days. For Americans, especially, being impatient is so common that most people won't wait even a few seconds once a ...

"It's now or never, come hold me tight,/ Kiss me my darling, be mine tonight,/ Tomorrow will be too late, it's now or never." —Elvis Presley "One day I know I'll be back again,/ Please wait till then… ...

No matter how patient you might consider yourself, there are times when we all lose our cool, blow our stack, or whatever other term you want to call it. Let's face it: the world moves at a ...

Editor’s note: Ron Gutman is the founder and CEO of HealthTap, which connects people with trusted health information and doctors via mobile devices and PCs. Scarcity is commonly defined as the problem ...

Does it sound counter-intuitive to you to say that that impatient people also tend to procrastinate? It Well, bad news if it does, because according to science, it might actually be true. New research ...

Have you changed over the last few years? Beyond, that is, the obvious of now having your nose and eyes buried in a screen for at least 12 hours a day. I'm thinking more about your innards, your soul, ...

If you go to the grocery store to buy just one thing, and you’re in a hurry to check out, you’d probably go to a self checkout register so you could be on your way quickly. But if self checkout isn’t ...