When one sees this advice, one might question the observation we learned in high school science class, that rewards or punishments that are not nearly immediate to the behavior have no effect on modifying it.
Didn’t you learn about fixed ratio schedules, variable ratio schedules, fixed interval schedules, and variable interval schedules? And even if you didn’t learn about it scientifically, ???? ????? – people work even if they only get paid at the end of the month.