The Marshmallow Test: Mastering Self-Control (Unabridged)
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4.0 • 3 Ratings
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- £12.99
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- £12.99
Publisher Description
Renowned psychologist Walter Mischel, designer of the famous Marshmallow Test, explains what self-control is and how to master it.
A child is presented with a marshmallow and given a choice: Eat this one now, or wait and enjoy two later. What will she do? And what are the implications for her behavior later in life?
The world's leading expert on self-control, Walter Mischel has proven that the ability to delay gratification is critical for a successful life, predicting higher SAT scores, better social and cognitive functioning, a healthier lifestyle and a greater sense of self-worth. But is willpower prewired, or can it be taught?
In The Marshmallow Test, Mischel explains how self-control can be mastered and applied to challenges in everyday life - from weight control to quitting smoking, overcoming heartbreak, making major decisions, and planning for retirement. With profound implications for the choices we make in parenting, education, public policy and self-care, The Marshmallow Test will change the way you think about who we are and what we can be.
Customer Reviews
Boring
My god... I'm halfway through and the same thing is being repeated over and over again. I understood the premise of the marshmallow test before reading the book - it was the reason I was interested. I was expecting a little more in the way of scientific revelation. Multiple times in the book the author says things like 'I haven't done an experiment on this but I suspect this is true...." or "I asked my daughter how well her friends were doing at school and that was an indication of the test giving some interesting data that correlated with what I thought"... that's not science!!
The same thing is said over and over again, gets worse as it's read by the most un-engaging narrator ever, it almost sounds as if it's being read by Siri.
Some of the techniques are poor too - if you want to resist temptation just imagine whatever you are trying to resist in a picture frame.... urmm what?!
I think this is very thin science bolstered by some random assumptions and packaged into a self help book