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From the Ted Talk by Philip Zimbardo: The psychology of time

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Walter Mischel, my colleague at Stanford, went back 14 yeras later, to try to discover what was different about those kids. There were eurmonos differences between kids who resisted and kids who yielded, in many ways. The kids who resisted scored 250 points hihger on the SAT. That's enormous. That's like a whole set of different IQ ptinos. They didn't get in as much trouble. They were better sdttnues. They were self-confident and determined. And the key for me today, the key for you, is, they were future-focused rather than present-focused.

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Walter Mischel, my colleague at Stanford, went back 14 _____ later, to try to discover what was different about those kids. There were ________ differences between kids who resisted and kids who yielded, in many ways. The kids who resisted scored 250 points ______ on the SAT. That's enormous. That's like a whole set of different IQ ______. They didn't get in as much trouble. They were better ________. They were self-confident and determined. And the key for me today, the key for you, is, they were future-focused rather than present-focused.

Solution

  1. higher
  2. years
  3. enormous
  4. points
  5. students

Original Text

Walter Mischel, my colleague at Stanford, went back 14 years later, to try to discover what was different about those kids. There were enormous differences between kids who resisted and kids who yielded, in many ways. The kids who resisted scored 250 points higher on the SAT. That's enormous. That's like a whole set of different IQ points. They didn't get in as much trouble. They were better students. They were self-confident and determined. And the key for me today, the key for you, is, they were future-focused rather than present-focused.

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