In his quote, Dr. Samuel Johnson writes, “We may take fancy for a companion but must follow reason as our guide”
Most of us are prone to the predicament of letting ourselves be taken over by unnecessary priorities due to taking extreme pleasure in things that are ephemeral and tend to stand in the way of our goals and vision. We tend to lose our presence of mind and sooner or later realize that the time lost may never be negotiated.
Whilst the subjective impact of rewards (e.g., pleasure) can be considered essential (e.g., Young, 1959) or irrelevant (e.g., Skinner, 1953) to their effect on behavior, but the motivational effect of rewards on behavior is universally acknowledged by experimental psychologists.
Unfortunately, we have the propensity to be easily led astray by our natural instincts. But we have a choice to make as people whether to choose what is important or allow our indiscipline to fail us.