The Stanford Marshmallow Study: into which category do you fall and have you seen this play out in other people's lives?

2015-09-22T17:55:43-04:00

The children who were willing to delay gratification and waited to receive the second marshmallow ended up having higher SAT scores, lower levels of substance abuse, lower likelihood of obesity, better responses to stress, better social skills as reported by their parents, and generally better scores in a range of other life measures.

The researchers followed each child for more than 40 years and over and over again, the group who waited patiently for the second marshmallow succeed in whatever capacity they were measuring. In other words, this series of experiments proved that the ability to delay gratification was critical for success in life.
http://jamesclear.com/delayed-gratification

40 Years of Stanford Research Found That People With This One Quality Are More Likely to Succeed...

Read this article to learn how one Stanford study revealed the impact delayed gratification can have on our success in life.

Response by CPO Andy Carrillo, MS made Sep 22 at 2015 5:57 PM

2015-09-22T17:57:04-04:00

Congenital mistrust of adults was my downfall...

Response by LCDR Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 22 at 2015 6:08 PM

2015-09-22T18:08:59-04:00

Humorous and interesting study. I also don't really like marshmallows that much unless they're toasted or in rice crispy treats...