Contents

1. Cover
2. Title Page
3. Welcome
4. Dedication
5. Introduction
6. PART I
   DELAY ABILITY: ENABLING SELF-CONTROL
7. 1. In Stanford University’s Surprise Room
8. 2. How They Do It
9. 3. Thinking Hot and Cool
10. 4. The Roots of Self-Control
11. 5. The Best-Laid Plans
12. 6. Idle Grasshoppers and Busy Ants
13. 7. Is It Prewired? The New Genetics
14. PART II
    FROM MARSHMALLOWS IN PRE-K TO MONEY IN 401(k)
15. 8. The Engine of Success: “I Think I Can!”
16. 9. Your Future Self
17. 10. Beyond the Here and Now
18. 11. Protecting the Hurt Self: Self-Distancing
19. 12. Cooling Painful Emotions
20. 13. The Psychological Immune System
21. 14. When Smart People Act Stupid
22. 15. If-Then Signatures of Personality
23. 16. The Paralyzed Will
24. 17. Will Fatigue
25. PART III
    FROM LAB TO LIFE
26. 18. Marshmallows and Public Policy
27. 19. Applying Core Strategies
28. 20. Human Nature
29. Acknowledgments
30. About the Author
31. Notes
32. Newsletters
33. Copyright