The Marshmallow Test

Psychologist Walter Mischel – the Robert Johnston Niven Professor of Humane Letters in the Department of Psychology at Columbia University – has authored more than 200 scientific papers and is one of the most-cited psychologists of the 20th century.

My own impatience and the discovery that self-control strategies can be learned, has kept me studying those strategies for a lifetime.Walter Mischel

He offers a useful, accessible report on the role of self-control and how it relates to crucial mental attributes and the thwarting of harmful habits. He proves a boon to parents who want to help their kids succeed and to all those seeking insight into how to improve their self-control. For all his brilliance, Mischel writes with a determination that laypeople should be able to understand and apply his groundbreaking insights.