The Marshmallow Test - Mastering Self-Control

Walter Mischel's work on self-control, crystallized in The Marshmallow Test - Mastering Self-Control, offers profound insights into human behavior, decision-making, and the psychological mechanisms that govern impulse control. Through decades of research, Mischel explores how self-discipline is less about innate traits and more about learned strategies and situational influences, fundamentally shaping an individual's ability to delay gratification and achieve long-term goals.

• Self-control is a skill, not a fixed trait: Mischel demonstrates that the capacity to delay gratification can be developed through practice and conscious strategies.
• Cognitive reframing is essential: Changing how one perceives temptation...

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