The children who were most successful in resisting the marshmallow temptation did so by focusing their attention elsewhere. Instead of looking at and thinking about the marshmallow, they thought about other things. Instead of having to resist the desire, they simply arranged not to notice it. As Mischel put it, “Once you realize that willpower is just a matter of learning how to control your attention and thoughts, you can really begin to increase it.”
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