Managing+impulsivity



The idea of managing impulsivity is quite important and quite difficult. A recent article in the New Yorker, discussed the experiment conducted in the 1960s wherby children were given a choice of eating a marchmallow immediately or waiting a short amount of time to get even more. The research was carried out over a number of years, tracking the progress of the children. The results were astounding, showing that those children who could delay their gratification ended up on average more successful than their impulsive counterparts.

What this tells us is that managing impulsivity is central to developing successful habits.

The video below is from TEDtalks, a symposium where many of the most important thinkers and designers share their work and their ideas with the world.

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