TedTest

From the Ted Talk by Joachim de Posada: Don't eat the marshmallow!

Unscramble the Blue Letters

So what happened when the professor left the room? As soon as the door closed... two out of three ate the marshmallow. Five seconds, 10 seconds, 40 scnodes, 50 seconds, two minutes, four miuetns, eight minutes. Some lasted 14-and-a-half minutes. (Laughter) Couldn't do it. Could not wait. What's iirnetentsg is that one out of three would look at the marshmallow and go like this ... Would look at it. Put it back. They would walk around. They would play with their skirts and pants.

That child already, at four, understood the most important pnlcpriie for success, which is the ability to delay gratification. Self-discipline: the most inmoratpt factor for success. 15 years later, 14 or 15 years later, follow-up sutdy. What did they find? They went to look for these kids who were now 18 and 19. And they found that 100 percent of the cihledrn that had not eaten the mamhrslaolw were successful. They had good grades. They were doing wonderful. They were hppay. They had their plans. They had good relationships with the teachers, students. They were doing fine.

Open Cloze

So what happened when the professor left the room? As soon as the door closed... two out of three ate the marshmallow. Five seconds, 10 seconds, 40 _______, 50 seconds, two minutes, four _______, eight minutes. Some lasted 14-and-a-half minutes. (Laughter) Couldn't do it. Could not wait. What's ___________ is that one out of three would look at the marshmallow and go like this ... Would look at it. Put it back. They would walk around. They would play with their skirts and pants.

That child already, at four, understood the most important _________ for success, which is the ability to delay gratification. Self-discipline: the most _________ factor for success. 15 years later, 14 or 15 years later, follow-up _____. What did they find? They went to look for these kids who were now 18 and 19. And they found that 100 percent of the ________ that had not eaten the ___________ were successful. They had good grades. They were doing wonderful. They were _____. They had their plans. They had good relationships with the teachers, students. They were doing fine.

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Original Text

So what happened when the professor left the room? As soon as the door closed... two out of three ate the marshmallow. Five seconds, 10 seconds, 40 seconds, 50 seconds, two minutes, four minutes, eight minutes. Some lasted 14-and-a-half minutes. (Laughter) Couldn't do it. Could not wait. What's interesting is that one out of three would look at the marshmallow and go like this ... Would look at it. Put it back. They would walk around. They would play with their skirts and pants.

That child already, at four, understood the most important principle for success, which is the ability to delay gratification. Self-discipline: the most important factor for success. 15 years later, 14 or 15 years later, follow-up study. What did they find? They went to look for these kids who were now 18 and 19. And they found that 100 percent of the children that had not eaten the marshmallow were successful. They had good grades. They were doing wonderful. They were happy. They had their plans. They had good relationships with the teachers, students. They were doing fine.

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