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Delaying gratification leads to something good. do what they say. if parents don't keep promises, kids are less likely to wait for a reward. >> in this research of the marshmallow test. >> researchers broke their promise. >> listen i'm so sorry but i don't have that big set of art surprise that i told you about. >> once the promise was broken, kids were much more likely to eat the mallows. his trust in the adult message, if you delay gratification, you'll get something better, was broken. >> if the parent is not consistent, then the child will not trust that they will get what is promised. we ...

Kind of thing or very much a family thing where we're special. >> absolutely. and -- or the nigerians here are disproportionately to very successful groups in nigeria with a proud royal heritage. what's interesting the second quality is, insecurity, which seems like the opposite of a sense of exceptionality and insecurity we mean, you know, a feeling you haven't quite done enough, not quite good enough, and the third is, impulse control. and the crux -- >> you know a lot about psychology, it's based -- the most famous experiment that they've done with children about the marshmallow. >> the mar...

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, it's very pleasing to hear that indians are supposed to be part of this group because i'm an indian-american, but what i wonder ...