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A Joosr Guide to... The Marshmallow Test by Walter Mischel: Understanding Self-control and How To Master It
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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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What’s it about?
We’ve all been there at least once in our life: failed diets, repeated attempts to quit smoking, broken promises to change a bad habit. What is it about self-control that seems effortless for some, and impossible for others?
When emotions run high from excitement, fear, happiness or sadness, our mind takes less time to think about the long-term results of our decisions. We are focused only on immediate gratification: the calming effect from the nicotine in a cigarette is extremely appealing when we’re stressed or upset. The negative long-term impact on our health only enters our mind later when we’re gasping for air less than halfway up a flight of stairs.
So, why do we always know the right thing to do, but often choose to do the exact opposite? When we understand why we act a certain way, we are better able to recognize the trigger for the behavior and develop strategies to change our reaction to it. The Marshmallow Test gets to the core understanding of why some can say no and why others simply can’t resist temptation. You’ll learn about the different emotional and mental aspects involved in your decision-making processes, how your fight-or-flight
response affects the quick decisions you make in
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