How to Eat Marshmallows, Forget Success and Live a Happy Life

The myth of the marshmallow experiment or how to learn to forget the uncertain future and enjoy the tangible present

Adolfo Ramírez Corona
6 min readMar 13, 2020

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— Kid, you have two options. Eat this marshmallow now or wait 15 minutes and have 2 marshmallows instead of one.

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Adolfo Ramírez Corona

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