Six Myths about Success That Can Hold You Back [GreaterGood.Berkeley.edu]

Samantha Sangenito 9/8/174:00 AM

How do you use 20 pieces of spaghetti, some tape, and a piece of string to build the biggest tower you can that will support a single marshmallow? Designer Peter Skillman has given this challenge to everyone from Stanford students to Taiwanese engineers, and one group is the clear winner: kindergarteners.

It turns out this Marshmallow Challenge is a good metaphor for life: The path to success isn’t all that straightforward (at least for adults). We often find ourselves getting stuck before we even get started, or watching as everything comes tumbling down.

[For more of this story, written by Kira M. Newman, go to https://greatergood.berkeley.e...at_can_hold_you_back]

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