A Stanford study (the “marshmallow experiment”) in 1972 examined the relationship between delayed gratification and success. The experiment offered a child one immediate small reward (marshmallow or pretzel stick), but TWO rewards (both) if they waited a short period of time 1/ https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1253086859208658950

The study found that kids who were able to wait had better life outcomes (higher SAT scores, higher educational achievement, lower Body Mass Index, etc.) than those who didn’t 2/

Follow-up studies revealed that “children who were able to wait longer...[were] more academically and socially competent, verbally fluent, rational, attentive, planful, and able to deal well with frustration and stress.” 3/ http://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi …

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