The marshmallow test

In 'The Marshmallow Test: Mastering Self-Control', Walter Mischel delves into the cognitive skills underlying willpower and long-term thinking.

The book summarizes his decades-long research on the 'marshmallow test', a series of delayed-gratification experiments with young children.

Mischel explains how the ability to delay gratification is a fundamental skill that predicts greater academic success, better health, and more positive relationships later in life.

He also discusses strategies to enhance self-control and emphasizes that willpower can be learned and developed over time.