I recently watched this video, Don't Eat The Marshmellow. In this video, the asked young kids, about eight years old, from Columbia to wait fifteen minutes before they ate a marshmellow that they left in the empty room with the child. In the end, two out of three kids ate the marshmellow, while one out of three were able to wait until the entire fifteen minutes were up.
What the man who did the study realized was that the kids that had the patience ended up be very succesful in school. They got good grades and went on to college. The kids who couldn't wait failed in school, and some times didn't even finish.
I beleieve that the difference between the kids who waited and the kids who couldn't were based on how they were raised. Some parents force their kids to wait for things and don't just give in right away. The kids learned how to wait for what they want, and not just take it when they want it.
These are really interesting thoughts. I actually thought the same things and wrote them in my blog post. It seems crazy that something as little as a marshmallow can determine someone's life path.
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