Cooperation and Competition: Self Control

Marshmallows

Deferred gratification or delayed gratification is the ability to wait in order to obtain something that one wants.
-Wikipedia

Why would having self-control and being able to delay gratification be an important character trait for success?

52 thoughts on “Cooperation and Competition: Self Control

  1. Well because its important to have self control because your more patient.Then the other reason is it helps you do more things.

  2. Self control helps you with your goals by being able to wait until your ready to be able to reach your goals.Another way to set your goal you have to stay focused.

  3. If i had candy i will not eat it because i will not be hungry and if i am hungry i will wait for the teacher to come.

  4. Having self control help you with the goals that you have planned. Have control means that you have to control your anger.

  5. It helps because if your taking a test and your teacher dose not say go you have to have self control ,there i a chance you may get in troble.

  6. Self control help because if your do not have direction to go you don’t have self control for your self.

  7. Having self control means that you will get to have an better grade.They do that because they want to see how you act.

  8. Having self control is good for you because if you get out of control you can’t control yourself.

  9. A marshmellow can not be a goal.That is crazy how you doing.my self control is not under control because self issues and sometimes i cant hanndle it.

  10. I think that that it will help you have more self-control.So it is a great idea(sort of).But I love the candy part!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  11. Self-Control is important that you don’t eat the marshmallow and ignore the marshmallow and pretend the marshmallow is a chef hat or something that you don’t like.

  12. I think it will be important to wait before I eat or do something before I am told to do something

  13. A self control can help you control your self.Like for my I hide my candy so I can’t see it that how I can control my self.

  14. Self-Control and being able to delay gratification is an important character trait for success because you can do well in the future.

  15. Self-Control and being able to delay gratification is an important character trait for success because you can do better in the future tests and in college.