delayed gratification – Bane of Your Resistance

Step Away From the Marshmallow Part 2

June 2, 2011

In more recent versions of the Marshmallow Test, Walter Mischel tells children to pretend the marshmallow is only a picture of a marshmallow or a fluffy cloud. The children who employ their imagination could wait three times longer than kids who didn’t use their imagination. “Once you realize that will power is just a matter … More Step Away From the Marshmallow Part 2

Step Away From the Marshmallow and No One Gets Writer’s Block

May 31, 2011

Have you seen the Marshmallow Test? Four-year-olds are given a marshmallow and told that they can eat the marshmallow whenever they want, but if they wait until the researcher comes back, they can have a second marshmallow. The videos are sometimes funny, sometimes poignant as the kids devise different strategies to avoid the temptation or … More Step Away From the Marshmallow and No One Gets Writer’s Block

Bane of Your Resistance

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Step Away From the Marshmallow Part 2

Step Away From the Marshmallow and No One Gets Writer’s Block