the other side of the marshmallow
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Innovation for the other side of the Marshmallow
Julie Barrios, Director of Spiritual Formation | Reality SF
Ayori Selassie, Sr Solution Engineer | salesforce.com
Children who develop focus and self-control early in life have better academic achievement in the long term.
Measure of childhood willpower in which kids who managed to sit at a table with a marshmallow in front of them and not eat it for 15 minutes were rewarded with a second marshmallow
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Can you train children to strengthen their self-control?
Are we designing systems & experiences that make humans less competent?
What happens when most of the population can’t delay gratification competing with push notifications?
If we can understand the physiology behind self-control, we can design interventions and training regimens to get people to improve their self-control
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