When I was in college, I have a friend who was always busy. A little bird told him that graduates did not easily get employed, so he started his internship at once. When he realized a high GPA would play an important role in a job interview, he began to study at library. Acting at once seems to be his motto. He was always busy doing things instead of thinking. No doubt he had experienced a lot before graduation. And, on the contrary, it didn't help him starting a good career. If I can learn a learn from him, that would be that being patient is a better quality than acting at once.  Patience shows the magic of time, which could be a way better result at last. When we trying to achieve a target, we make a plan and what we can do every day is to work hard to finish the plan. Although it may take longer than expected, insisting on plan would make a change and may go further. Take the 2014 physics Nobel winners as an example. Nobel prizes are always awarded to elder people because the most valuable advancements in science will show their great achievement only when many years passing by. The 2014 physics Nobel winners are awarded for blue LED, which has been invented in 1990s. Now white LED all over the world are because of adding blue. Also, being patient will see the great achievement in finance. Have you ever heard of compound interest? If 1,000 dollars is the principle and 6% is the annual interests, only 60 dollars will add to the account at the end of the first year, but 2,000 dollars will be paid after 12 years. The interest isn't high and the secret here is never retrieve money back earlier. Being patience lets us discover a more suitable way than acting at once. Facing a problem, thinking before acting would lead us to have a more comprehensive view of the problem , and then while being patient, the right solution would appear after judging from all the circumstances. The famous director Ang Lee catches the whole world's eyes by his latest movie Life of PI. When we look over his past, we find out that every several years he brings a marvelous movie to the public and receives praise. He didn't direct too many but has been waiting for a good opportunity for his next masterpiece. Ang Lee's success takes credit from being patient, while patience can sometimes save life. What would you do if you are in African prairie and see a big fire coming? Running away at once would lead to death eventually since the fire would reach you soon and not to mention with the help of wind. Once I saw a documentary in which a local man waited patiently and brought sparkles by tree branches to fire a new area of grass when the big fire was close enough. So that nothing combustible was left in the new area where the man stood and survived while the big fire went away from him.  Although being patient has so many advantages, it is true that people must act shortly at some circumstances, as a surgeon facing a patient who has lost amount of blood or a drive facing a coming accident. Being patient is different from being procrastinating because patient people know their goals. If we become more patient on our life, on our talent, we will face a better version of ourselves.