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A Joosr Guide to The Marshmallow Test by Walter Mischel

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Why do some people find it easy to resist temptation and yet others struggle? Can you learn self-control, and if so, how? If the reward is something you really want, where do you find the willpower to stay the course until you reach your goal? The answers to these questions can be found within our own psyche, but how? Where? Why?

The Marshmallow Test discusses the well-known childhood experiment that challenged the very young to resist an immediate treat in a small amount for the promise of being rewarded later with twice as much of the treat. Through observation, psychologists have expanded their understanding of the cognitive coping skills used to delay gratification for the larger reward in the future. We now know those same coping skills can be learned and adapted to help us out through all stages of life.

You will learn:

· How to effectively replace emotional decisions with practical decision-making

· Why positive nurturing of self-control habits in childhood can impact our success in adulthood

· How picturing a future outcome can motivate good choices and create aversions to poor ones.
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19 printed pages
Publication year
2016
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  • mariemejerhas quoted7 years ago
    Looking at the pros and cons of each choice will allow you to see the difference between what you need and what you want. So, do you need a car, or a sports car? Do you need to eat, or eat fast food? You’re probably not going to jot down a list of pros and cons for every decision, but you should practice making a mental list to get in the habit of thinking choices through.
  • mariemejerhas quoted7 years ago
    What you need, and why you need it, can alter the way you see something you want. You can spend all your savings on the sports car because you need a car; emotionally, you believe you’ve fulfilled a need, but in reality you fulfilled a want. This is where making a detached list of pros and cons becomes a strategy for letting your brain use its reasoning skills once again.
  • mariemejerhas quoted7 years ago
    Change how you make decisions—use reasoning instead of emotion

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