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I consider how things might be in the future, and try to influence those things with my day to day behavior.
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Often I engage in a particular behavior in order to achieve outcomes that may not result for many years.
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I only act to satisfy immediate concerns, figuring the future will take care of itself.
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My behavior is only influenced by the immediate (i.e., a matter of days or weeks) outcomes of my actions.
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My convenience is a big factor in the decisions I make or the actions I take.
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I am willing to sacrifice my immediate happiness or well-being in order to achieve future outcomes.
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I think it is important to take warnings about negative outcomes seriously even if the negative outcome will not occur for many years.
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I think it is more important to perform a behavior with important distant consequences than a behavior with less important immediate consequences.
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I generally ignore warnings about possible future problems because I think the problems will be resolved before they reach crisis level.
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I think that sacrificing now is usually unnecessary since future outcomes can be dealt with at a later time.
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I only act to satisfy immediate concerns, figuring that I will take care of future problems that may occur at a later date.
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Since my day-to-day work has specific outcomes, it is more important to me than behavior that has distant outcomes.
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When I make a decision, I think about how it might affect me in the future.
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My behavior is generally influenced by future consequences.