Don't Eat the Marshmallow Yet!: The Secret to Sweet Success in Work and Life

by Joachim de Posada, Ellen Singer

Overview

Learn how to achieve success—and eat your marshmallows, too—with this motivational, life-changing book.

What explains the difference between success and failure? And what does it mean to you and your children?

The answer lies in a landmark Stanford University study. Children were left in a room, each with a marshmallow, and given the choice of eating it then or fifteen minutes later, when they were promised an extra marshmallow as a reward for waiting. Some ate theirs right away. Others waited. But the study’s real significance came a decade later when the researchers discovered that the children who held out for the reward had become more successful adults than the children who gobbled their marshmallows immediately.

The lesson wasn’t lost on Joachim de Posada, a world-renowned motivational speaker to thousands of corporate executives and professional athletes. The “marshmallow theory” answered a thirty-year quest to find a compelling explanation for why some people succeed and others fail. Posada was convinced that the key difference between success and failure is not merely hard work or superior intelligence but the ability to delay gratification. “Marshmallow resisters” achieve high levels of success while the rest of us eat all our marshmallows at once, so to speak—accumulating debt and dissatisfaction no matter what our occupations or incomes. But it doesn’t have to be that way.

Using a simple parable and real-life examples (including basketball great Larry Bird and major league baseball catcher Jorge Posada, Joachim’s cousin), this book shows you how the moves you make today can pay off big tomorrow—if you just don’t eat the marshmallow…yet!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780425205457
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	09/06/2005
Pages:	112
Sales rank:	333,687
Product dimensions:	5.66(w) x 8.53(h) x 0.51(d)
Age Range:	18 - 17 Years

About the Author

Joachim de Posada, Ph.D., is a bilingual public speaker, radio personality, author, and columnist who has provided motivational coaching for the Milwaukee Bucks, the Los Angeles Lakers, and the Panamanian Olympic team. His clients include Verizon, Pfizer, Kodak, Xerox, 3M, and Continental Airlines, among many others. He is the author of How to Survive Among the Piranhas.

Ellen Singer is the award-winning author of the acclaimed memoir Quicksand: One Woman's Escape from the Husband Who Stalked Her.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for Joachim de Posada and Don't Eat the Marshmallow Yet!

“Posada is like Tony Robbins, Zig Ziglar and Norman Vincent Peale all rolled into one.”—Ray Pelletier

“Don’t Eat the Marshmallow Yet! is more than just fluff. It’s a recipe for long-term success.”—Harvey Mackay, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Swim With The Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive

“When I started reading Don’t Eat the Marshmallow Yet!, I couldn’t stop. What a great read, compelling story, and powerful life lesson! I’m going to get copies for all my children.”—Dr. Tony Alessandra, author of The Platinum Rule and Charisma
 
“De Posada is right on target. Solid insights on building success.”—Randy Gage, author of Prosperity Mind
 
“Lots of people talk the talk; de Posada really walks the walk…this book should be required reading for everyone who want to leave this world—and their own lives—a little better then the way the found them.”—Bruce Turkel
 
“If you truly are determined to be successful, read this book! Successful people know that to get what you really want, you often have to pass on what is offered during the first round. Joachim de Posada’s engaging style teaches all of us how to say ‘I pass’ so that we can say ‘I won!’”—Pegine Echevarria, consultant, author, success coach and creator of Team Pegine

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