Here’s a fascinating article about how self control as a child may translate into future success, or the reverse – if you don’t develop the skills of self control, you are more likely to be unsuccessful.
Mischel argues that intelligence is largely at the mercy of self-control: even the smartest kids still need to do their homework. “What we’re really measuring with the marshmallows isn’t will power or self-control,” Mischel says. “It’s much more important than that. This task forces kids to find a way to make the situation work for them. They want the second marshmallow, but how can they get it? We can’t control the world, but we can control how we think about it.”
I find articles like these, dealing with personality, very interesting. I’m not sure whether it is just an anomaly in my interests or whether it is part of a scientist’s how-things-work nature.
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