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Think with Pinker

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Turning Away From the Marshmallow

We are always reinforced in thinking about what's right in front of us. We focus on metrics of progress that can actually be distractions. As a poker playor a successful one, have you found yourself in marshmallow situations where there are immediate temptations to be resisted? Both our experts use the adjectives hot and cool, which are familiar to us when we speak of hot heads acting in the heat of the moment or cooler heads prevailing.

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