Don't Eat the Marshmallow... Yet!

The Secret to Sweet Success in Work and Life

By: Joachim De Posada, Ellen Singer

Narrated by: Michael McConnohie, Dan Worren

FonoBook is pleased to present Don't Eat The Marshmallow...Yet! written by world-renowned motivational speaker Joachim de Posada and Ellen Singer.

Arthur is a chauffeur who is intellectually gifted. Jonathan is no less bright than Arthur, equally hard-working, yet a billionaire. So why is Jonathan in the back seat of the limousine and Arthur in the front? What explains the difference between success and failure? Joachim de Posada found the answer in a Stanford University study of children who were able to delay gratification by not eating a marshmallow with the promise of receiving another one if they resisted eating the first for 15 minutes. Ten years later, the children who held out had grown up to be significantly more successful than those who had eaten their marshmallow immediately.

Posada saw the importance of delaying gratification in achieving success. Marshmallow resisters achieve high levels of success while others eat all their marshmallows at once, accumulating debt and dissatisfaction despite their occupations or incomes.

But it doesn't have to be that way. Using a simple parable and real-life examples, this life-changing audiobook shows you how the actions one makes today can pay off greatly tomorrow if you just don't eat the marshmallow...yet!

©2006 Joachim de Posada & Ellen Singer (P)2011 FonoLibro Inc

Critic reviews

“Posada is like Tony Robbins, Zig Ziglar, and Norman Vincent Peale all rolled into one." (Ray Pelletier)

"A delightful story that helps drive home important principles for business and life." (Terry L. Brock, President and CEO, Achievement Systems, Inc.)

"The kind of story you can listen and re-listen with new insights every time, if you want to begin changing your life right now, listen to this audiobook." (Marcy Ullom, Vice President, University of Miami)

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I didn't expect the entire book to be a parable. I am familiar with the marshmallow study and thought I would be hearing more fact based material (I think there are some real-life examples included within the parable). It was still good, short, and I think you can learn from the examples.

Great book

was a great book,easy to read and understand.
The narrator was very clear and made listening very lively.
It's a book I will definitely read again.

Common problems everyone has

The common problem everyone has on not willing to do what others will not do to be successful made so much sense to me

Thought Provoking

This book was great! It was very thought provoking and made me think of what marshmallows I'm eating. I am going to make some changes.

Perfect ideas

I love this book. Just being able to help me change the way that I think. I like it’s simple and easy to understand writing style. The only thing I don’t like is the cheesy accents added to the different characters I get the need in different styles of books but to me I feel it’s unmet.

Importance of Delayed Gratification

I had so many lightbulbs go off just listening to this book, it remind me of the time my life changed when I read rich dad poor dad. It’s an important lesson in life that we all must learn to become something more than just what we currently are. It’s a lesson on how whatever you are going through right now, the circumstances can change. Embrace the suck to see the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Eat beans now to eat steak later. Save now to retire early. Read it and I can promise you that you will have your own ah-ha moment!

Awesome science-based life lesson

Wish I'd understood this simple methodology when I was younger.

I'll be giving copies of the book to all the teens and young adults in my life.

The lesson in Success

It breaks down how you can change your mindset and how to apply it to become successful financially and in overall everyday life.

Phenomenal book and narrator!

The content in this book has changed my mindset get the best! The narrator keeps you engaged in the story by not being mono toned when reading.

Don't eat the marshmallow yet

After listening to this book it made me realize that instant gradification isn't the way but if dely it you get a sweeter reward