Marshmellow Catastrophe

I wanted to share my view on the marshmallow experiment that we had to watch last week. The experiment went like this, a child was placed in a room with a marshmallow, they were told that they could eat the marshmellow now, or patiently wait 15 minuetes and get a second marshmallow. Approximently, 1 out of 3 kids waited the full 15 minutes for the second marshmallow, while 2 out of 3 ate one marshmallow before the 15 minutes were up. So what does this say about the child? Supposely, the kids who waited for the second marshmallow had great success in college and their future life. The kids who didnt wait, showed to have a higher drop-out rate and were criminals. I dont believe this experiment has anything to do with a certain childs future, there are many other factors that a child comes across in his or her life that causes these outcomes. What are their parents like? Did they raise them correctly? Teach them the value of patience? They are just kids, maybe they were hungry and wanted the satifaction of a delicious marshmallow. I believe this would be a great experiment to do with older indivivuals, who know a little better. It may not work with a marshmallow but maybe along the lines of money and a longer waiting period.

 Working Hard or Hardly Working?

I just read the article "Work Hard or Work Smart" written by Tom Weber. The purpose of writting this article was to point out the differences between working hard and working smart and tell which, if any, is the most productive way. My first reaction was ok, usually when you work hard you get things done and do them right, and working smart, you think ahead and prepare yourself better. The author states many time that incorporating both will in fact be the best choice. The "smart" part would be to design a plan, look at what you must tackle first and then work your ass off and get it done. I totally agree with everything the author has to say on this subject. Yes, being smart and working hard may be the best thing you can do in order to succeed in school or in life. If you go into your homework, for say, working hard but not totally understanding what that hard work is for, its very likely you wont achieve what you need to achieve. And the same thing goes vice versa for only working smart. So, in conclusion, be successful requires many different skills to be put together.