Patience may be a virtue, but it could also be a key economic indicator.
Economists are interested in values like patience, altruism, and trust because they play key roles in how people behave. Those individual and collective behaviors can have wide-ranging effects on a nation’s propensity for armed conflict, trajectories of per capita income, and expansion of entrepreneurial activities.
Levels of patience, for instance, vary widely from country to country, according to an analysis of survey data collected from 80,000 adults in 76 countries. Sweden, the Netherlands, and the United States topped the list, with Nicaragua, Rwanda, and Georgia at the bottom.
Patience, it seems, is associated with factors that are key for upward mobility. Patient individuals, for example, not only were more likely to save but also had higher education levels, researchers found.
It may not be a coincidence that some of the wealthiest nations in the world rank as the most patient, says Armin Falk, a professor of economics at the University of Bonn and lead author of the analysis.
More here – Christian Science Monitor
Sometimes you just have to wait for opportunity to give you a “step up”. In any case, through attempting to exercise patience I’ve seen lots to learn about myself and what of such things might I unhelpfully project onto a market.
(After reading the quoted article ….. could it all be God’s will? 😉 😉 😉 )