The emotional brain's predisposition to overvalue immedi-ate rewards and…

The emotional brain's predisposition to overvalue immedi-ate rewards and to greatly discount the value of delayed rewards points to what we need to do if we want to take control: we have to reverse the process by cooling the present and heating the future.

— from The Heart in the Cockpit (Emotion/Awe/Anxiety/Regret/Empathy) · Marshmallow Test: Why Self-Control is the Engine of Success by Walter Mischel

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