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Walter Mischel "The Marshmallow Test"
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October 3, 2014
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1:01:53Now PlayingA child is given a marshmallow and a choice: eat it now or wait and get two later. Mischel’s elegant and now classic test for self-control has sparked decades of discussion; while the ability to delay gratification predicts later success, is such discipline innate? In The Marshmallow Test: Mastering Self-Control Renowned, Mischel, professor of humane letters at Columbia, argues that willpower can be learned and shows how to apply it to a variety of endeavors.
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