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To be more successful on almost every dimension. >> a finding stumbled on. walter mitch whole originally did the marshmallow test decided to track them 30 years later, every measure, academic, occupational, income, staying out of jail, these kids who actually waited the 15 minutes, did better. the question is, are there cultural factors that induce that. that strengthen that kind of willpower and impulse control and there are. >> my question about this, first of all, its very pleasing to hear th...

Because he was so drunk he does not know what he is talking about. >> does it matter what the frame of mind is that i want you to turn your music down, because it is not acceptable to me, and i hate that thug music, and so what does it matter if he is impaired or not, because his own normal frame of mind, and maybe i should ask you that, his own normal frame of mind seems to be out of the ordinary with most people, doctor. >> i think so, too. and what they may be trying to get to with this alcoh...

Sense of being exceptional. each tells them theyre part of something exceptional and theyre exceptional. you can get that not from a group but many other different sources. the second is almost the opposite, a sense of insecurity, basically the idea youre not good enough yet so youre part of something special but youre not good enough yet. you have to prove yourself. you have to have that hunger and that drive. that third quality we call impulse control, the ability to resist temptation and be d...

That just instills the sense that youre special. the second quality, and whats interesting is how these two dovetail, is insecurity. so you have the superiority complex and the second quality is this feeling youre not quite good enough, you need to prove yourself. you havent been respected enough yet. >> which seems at odds with this idea of superiority. >> it does. thats the most interesting thing i think about the thesis and studies that support this. the third component is impulse control. ju...

Biological or innate, but we think it comes down to these three qualities that are open to anyone. and so what were calling the triple package is first, a sense of exceptionality, that somehow youre special. this can come from belonging to a group or it can come from an innate talent. mozart felt he was special. or it can come from a parent that just instills the sense that youre special. the second quality, and whats interesting is how these two dovetail, is insecurity. so you have the superior...

Disproportionate success. >> its not something that someone is born with? >> sometimes it can be. >> what are the traits? >> well the traits are first, a deep sense of exception nalt, of being special. there are many sources for that. it can come from an innate parent, it can come from a group. the second quality is almost the opposite and that is insecurity, a feeling that you are not good enough and havent done enough yet and need to prove something. and the third is impulse control or the abi...

Board helped identify a terrorist. but the board also said officials would have found the suspect even without the nsa program. did the board make the right call here in saying the program should be shut down? >> we have a real division of feeling on this among the people who have looked at it. two judges have evaluated the program. one said its constitutional. and one did not. this board broke 3-2 in favor of an unconstitutional ruling. three branches of government have approved this in the pas...

At this point, the 14-year-old is being treated as a juvenile, but that may change. >> we will continue to gather the reports, gather the information and in the relatively near future, we will make a determination in terms of whether we are going to ask to seek to have this case transferred to adult court. >> reporter: its unclear to what extent the 14-year-old had to care for her little sister. her mother is a single parent who worked a lot, according to neighbors we talked to them. >> they see...

This. last week police searched his mansion after being accused of egging. a friend was arrested for is having drugs in the house. the popular website theroot is calling bieber a teen thug. teen thug justin bieber arrested in miami. do you agree with this? >> i think thats the image. look, look at the stories about justin bieber in the last few months. one neighbor alleged that he spit on him. another neighbor said hes racing up and down his neighborhood at 100 miles per hour in his own ferrari....

Whistleblower protection laws, which through a failure in law did not cover national security contractors like myself. his larger argument being that he was doing something in the public good and the law that he is being prosecuted under is more than 100 years old and nothing written in for somebody like him unless, of course, the congress were to act and change the law. he doesnt think hell be coming back to the united states any time soon. so, not possible is what he said, don. >> so, the obvi...