128: Do You Pass the Marshmallow Test?

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On this solo episode of</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">She Doesn’t Settle</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, I discuss the positive impact of delayed gratification, why it leads to success, and how you can start to develop discipline in your own life.  I open up the podcast with a brief note on the infamous Marshmallow Experiment, when kids were given a marshmallow and told not to eat it.  If they didn’t, they were promised another.  After tracking the lives of the children from the study for decades, they found that the children who were willing to wait for the second marshmallow ended up being more successful in life. However, being disciplined isn’t necessarily innate or easy -  as with other aspects of our personality, it’s impacted by our  environment and lived experiences.  </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">All is not lost if instant gratification seems to be more your style though.  We can all hone our ability to be disciplined by starting simple and small.  Setting action-oriented, specific, and doable goals makes holding yourself accountable a much easier task.  I draw this episode to a close with some thoughts on big ideas, why big actions aren’t always the right solution, and how, when we try to tackle the problem by kicking and screaming, the problem tackles us.  So join me for today’s special episode, and learn how you, too, can become more disciplined and ultimately more successful. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>The Finer Details of This Episode: </strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The Marshmallow experiment</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Delayed gratification</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Environmental impact</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Discipline </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"