If You Want To Succeed, Get Rid Of The Guilt

“Everyone indulges sometimes; don’t be too hard on yourself.”

In a study, anote with this message was given to agroup of dieting women who had just eaten a chocolate doughnut “in the name of science.” Another group of dieting women ate the doughnut, but did not receive this message. Then, each group wasgiven an opportunity to taste testcandy, and were given permission to eat as much as they wanted.

Which group do you think ate lesscandy?

If you said the group that received the note, you are cor...