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the child's impatience for Christmas morning is engaging
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Heath argues that this impatience is self-defeating.
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Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 3 June 2025
Invest In Storytelling One of the questions I get asked the most is: How do brands break through in this environment—one that’s dominated by distraction, impatience, and short attention spans?
—Jennifer Lotito, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
Any impatience Andrew Mukuba felt on draft weekend hearkened back to the day he was picked last.
—Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 19 May 2025
Yet this impatience has yet to translate into the firm action Europe wants to see.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 16 May 2025
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Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 3 June 2025
Invest In Storytelling One of the questions I get asked the most is: How do brands break through in this environment—one that’s dominated by distraction, impatience, and short attention spans?
—Jennifer Lotito, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
Any impatience Andrew Mukuba felt on draft weekend hearkened back to the day he was picked last.
—Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 19 May 2025
Yet this impatience has yet to translate into the firm action Europe wants to see.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 16 May 2025
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“Impatience.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/impatience. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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impatience
noun
im·pa·tience
(ˈ)im-ˈpā-shən(t)s 
1
: lack of patience
2
: restless or eager desire
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