Time Perspectives and its Effects on Success

Philip Zimbardo prescribes a healthy take on time

Philip Zimbardo in an interesting talk at TED. Part of the talk looks at a study on children who were tested to see if they would take an immediate treat or wait for twice the treat. 2/3 went for the immediate treat and a follow up study 14 years later saw huge differences between the two groups – those that resisted and those that did not with the resist group having higher test scores, getting in less trouble, and being far more future focused. The video goes on to talk about optimal time perspectives for success.

The message is similar to that of situational leadership. That you need to have balance between the perspectives and you need to learn to be more fluid and move between perspectives dependent on the situation. He says that past gives you roots, the future gives you wings and the present gives you energy and you need that balance. Interesting perspective

http://www.ted.com/talks/philip_zimbardo_prescribes_a_healthy_take_on_time.html?awesm=on.ted.com_17

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