56. People's Ability to Dely Gradification (or not) Starts Young

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People's ability to Delay Gratification

Delaying gratification is ultimately a self control issue

Since you were young you either could not wait for something or you had the patience for it

It more than likely has not changed

In a study done, people who could delay gratification often:

Were most successful in school

Received good test scores on the SAT

Were able to better cope with stress and frustration

The study's test subjects were able to continue these differences

People who could not delay gratification were more likely to have problems as adults, even drug abuse

Walter Mischel - The Marshmallow Test (Embed)

This video goes over experiment done by Walter Mischel. It is a study that he started in the late 1960's and early 1970's to study a persona will power and self control

Take-Aways:

Some people are good at delaying gratification others are not

People who are not good at it will be more suggestible to images and messages of scarcity (limited stock, only available til the end of the month)