The marshmallow test : understanding self-control and how to master it
Title:
The marshmallow test : understanding self-control and how to master it
Author:
Mischel, Walter.
ISBN:
9780593071328
Publication Information:
London : Bantam Press, 2014.
Physical Description:
viii, 326 p. ; 24 cm
Abstract:
Draws on decades of research and life examples to explore the nature of willpower, identifying the cognitive skills and mental mechanisms that enable it and showing how these can be applied to challenges in everyday life - from weight control to quitting smoking, overcoming heartbreak, making major decisions, and planning for retirement.
Subject:
| Self-control. |
| Self-actualization (Psychology) |
| Thought and thinking. |
Summary:
Draws on decades of research and life examples to explore the nature of willpower, identifying the cognitive skills and mental mechanisms that enable it and showing how these can be applied to challenges in everyday life - from weight control to quitting smoking, overcoming heartbreak, making major decisions, and planning for retirement.