Sometimes I think there's a perfect balance these people have between the ability to put off reward and the ability to enjoy reward. Because I can put off rewa

Sometimes I think there's a perfect balance these people have between the ability to put off reward and the ability to enjoy reward. Because I can put off rewards but what I end up doing is saying "I can live without that reward forever" and it turns into asceticism, not success. I feel like if I could combine my ability to put off rewards with an enhanced sense of "winning" when I do finally pull something off, I could motivate myself to "succeed" better. But then again, what is "success?"