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Walter Mischel
Born
in Vienna, Austria
February 22, 1930
Died
September 12, 2018
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“This is encouraging evidence of the power of the environment to influence characteristics like intelligence. Even if traits like intelligence have large genetic determinants, they are still substantially malleable.”
― The Marshmallow Test: Mastering Self-Control
― The Marshmallow Test: Mastering Self-Control
“The idiosyncrasies of human preferences seem to reflect a competition between the impetuous limbic grasshopper and the provident prefrontal ant within each of us.”
― The Marshmallow Test: Mastering Self-Control
― The Marshmallow Test: Mastering Self-Control
“What we do, and how well we control our attention in the service of our goals, becomes part of the environment that we help create and that in turn influences us. This mutual influence shapes who and what we become, from our physical and mental health to the quality and length of our life.”
― The Marshmallow Test: Mastering Self-Control
― The Marshmallow Test: Mastering Self-Control
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