Walter Mischel is a psychologist that was in charge of an experiment involving four year old students. The experiment tested the children on whether they would wait to eat two marshmallows or take just one right away. The children that chose to wait for the two marshmallows proved to be more successful in life while the children who took the marshmallow right away turned to drugs and poor lives. The experiment shows the importance of waiting and not needing instant gratification.
People use drugs to make themselves instantly feel better. When put into rehab and given time to recuperate, most addicts become sober and refuse drugs. The successful people who decided to wait for the two marshmallows show that happiness and success come in patience and waiting. Although hard to believe that a child's decision to wait for two marshmallows decides their success in life, it no doubt proves that needing instant gratification is a bad and harmful way to live your life.
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