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The Marshmallow Test Audiobook

The Marshmallow Test Audiobook

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A kid is offered a marshmallow and provided a choice: Eat this one now, or wait and enjoy two later. Exactly what will she perform? And what are the implications on her behalf behavior later in lifestyle? Walter Mischel’s today iconic Marshmallow Test proved that the capability to delay gratification is critical to living an effective and fulfilling life: self-control not only predicts higher SAT ratings, better cultural and cognitive functioning, and a larger feeling of self-worth but also assists us manage stress, go after about The Marshmallow Check goals better, and manage with painful emotions. But can be willpower prewired, or could it be taught? In his groundbreaking fresh audiobook, Dr. Mischel attracts on years of convincing research and life examples to explore the nature of willpower, identifying the cognitive abilities and mental mechanisms that enable it and displaying how these could be applied to problems in everyday life-from controlling weight to stopping smoking, overcoming heartbreak, making major decisions, and planning retirement. With deep implications for the options we make in parenting, education, general public policy, and self-care, The Marshmallow Test will change just how we think about who we are and what we can be. “This marvelous book is unique, and beautifully created from starting to end. The range that Walter Mischel covers-from innovative cognitive research to neuroscience to genetics-is breathtaking.” -Eric R. Kandel, MD, champion from the Nobel Award in Physiology or Medication, teacher of neuroscience, Columbia University, author of The Age of Insight and In Search of Memory

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