Walter Mischel

37 thoughts in this book draw on Walter Mischel.

Books & sources

• Marshmallow Test: Why Self-Control is the Engine of Success · 27 thoughts
• Marshmallow Test · 10 thoughts

The thoughts

• For rejection-sensitive "Bill" (featured in Chapter 12), an especially…The Heart in the Cockpit
• Most interesting was that the low-self-distance people coped adaptively…Communication & Conflict
• OVERCOMING PAINFUL EMOTIONS LIKE heartbreak and resisting temptations like…The Heart in the Cockpit
• This study suggests that if you want your children…Family & Parenting
• To get out of this trap, it can help…The Relationship With Yourself
• your reactions to the research findings and print brain…Expanding Your Range
• for a second critical ingredient for their success, was…Goals, Action & Defining Success
• For many reasons, schools like KIPP often start in…Expanding Your Range
• if we don’t have such forward-looking employers, we can…The Mind in the Cockpit
• If you draw a map of what triggers your…The Heart in the Cockpit
• In life, employing If-Then implementation plans has helped adults…Expanding Your Range
• Many people who have been hurt this way keep…The Heart in the Cockpit
• Mark's experiences and triumphs illustrate the importance of an…Expanding Your Range
• Marks experience and triumphs illustrates the importance of an…The Instruments
• Overcoming painful emotions like heartbreak and resisting temptation require…Failure & Resilience
• OVERCOMING PAINFUL EMOTIONS LIKE heartbreak and resisting temptations like…The Heart in the Cockpit
• Self-control involves more than determinationExpanding Your Range
• Self-control, especially when it is labeled "effortful control," can…The Heart in the Cockpit
• The children who persisted in the Marshmallow Test could…The Heart in the Cockpit
• The emotional brain's predisposition to overvalue immedi-ate rewards and…The Heart in the Cockpit
• The first step in creating an If-Then plan is…Expanding Your Range
• The overlap in how emotional pain and physical pain…The Mind in the Cockpit
• The promising news for public policy is that researchers…Expanding Your Range
• The promising news for public policy is that the…Expanding Your Range
• The promising news for public policy is that the…Expanding Your Range
• The traditional belief that willpower is an inborn trait…The Heart in the Cockpit
• This hot role-play experience is inevitably painful, but it…The Instruments
• This hot role-play experience is inevitably painful, but it…The Instruments
• This hot role-play experience is inevitably painful, but it…The Instruments
• To begin with, resisting temptation is difficult because the…The Mind in the Cockpit
• we proposed the following program when a woman who…The Heart in the Cockpit
• When a woman who is considering the test comes…The Instruments
• when Bridgeman was crossing the George Washington Bridge as…The Instruments
• When Bridgeman was crossing the George Washington Bridge as…The Instruments
• When Bridgeman was crossing the George Washington Bridge as…The Instruments
• While many, indeed most preschoolers who managed to delay…The Heart in the Cockpit
• You need EF as much for a creative life…Expanding Your Range