Don't eat the marshmallow! | Joachim de Posada

Translator: Schubert Malbas Reviewer: Polimar Balatbat

I'm here because I have a very important message:

Nandito ako dahil mayroon akong isang mahalagang mensahe:

I think we have found

Sa palagay ko nahanap na natin

the most important factor for success.

ang susi sa tagumpay.

And it was found close to here, Stanford.

At natagpuan ito malapit dito, sa Stanford.

Psychology professor took kids that were four years old

Dinala ng isang propesor ng sikolohiya ang mga batang apat na taong gulang

and put them in a room all by themselves.

sa isang kuwarto at iniwan sila doon.

And he would tell the child, a four-year-old kid,

At sinabi niya sa isang bata, na apat-na-taong gulang,

"Johnny, I am going to leave you here with a marshmallow

"Johnny, iiwan ko itong marshmallow at aalis ako dito

for 15 minutes.

sa loob ng 15 minuto.

If, after I come back, this marshmallow is here,

Kung sa pagbalik ko, nandito pa ang marshmallow,

you will get another one. So you will have two."

makakakuha ka ng isa pa. Magiging dalawa 'yan."

To tell a four-year-old kid to wait 15 minutes

Ang pagsabi sa isang apat-na-taong gulang na maghintay ng 15 minuto

for something that they like,

para sa isang bagay na gusto nila,

is equivalent to telling us, "We'll bring you coffee in two hours."

ay katumbas ng pagsabi sa atin na, "Dadalhin namin ang inyong kape sa loob ng 2 oras."

(Laughter)

(Tawanan)

Exact equivalent.

Eksaktong katumbas.

So what happened when the professor left the room?

Anong nangyari nung umalis ang propesor sa kuwarto?

As soon as the door closed...

Sa sandaling nagsara ang pinto...

two out of three ate the marshmallow.

Dalawa sa bawat tatlong bata, kinain ang marshmallow.

Five seconds, 10 seconds, 40 seconds, 50 seconds,

Limang segundo, 10 segundo, 40 segundo, 50 segundo,

two minutes, four minutes, eight minutes.

dalawang minuto, apat na minuto, walong minuto.

Some lasted 14-and-a-half minutes.

Ang ilan, nakapagtiis sa loob ng 14-at-kalahating minuto.

(Laughter)

(Tawanan)

Couldn't do it. Could not wait.

Hindi magawa. Hindi makapaghintay.

What's interesting is that one out of three

Kapansin-pansin na isa sa bawat tatlo

would look at the marshmallow and go like this ...

ay tinitigan ang marshmallow at gumanito..

Would look at it.

Tinitigan.

Put it back.

Ibinalik.

They would walk around. They would play with their skirts and pants.

Naglakad-lakad sila. Naglaro gamit ang kanilang pantalon at saya.

That child already, at four, understood

Ang batang iyon, sa edad na 4, ay naunawaan na

the most important principle for success,

ang pinakamahalagang prinsipyo ng tagumpay,

which is the ability to delay gratification.

ang pagpapaliban ng gantimpala.

Self-discipline:

Disiplina sa sarili:

the most important factor for success.

ang pinakamahalagang susi sa tagumpay.

15 years later, 14 or 15 years later,

Matapos ang 15 taon, halos 14 o 15 taon na,

follow-up study.

isang karugtong na pag-aaral.

What did they find?

Ano ang nalaman nila?

They went to look for these kids who were now 18 and 19.

Hinanap nila ang mga batang iyon na ngayo'y 18 at 19 na.

And they found that 100 percent

Nalaman nila na 100 porsyento

of the children that had not eaten the marshmallow were successful.

ng mga bata na hindi kinain ang marshmallow ay naging matagumpay.

They had good grades. They were doing wonderful.

Matataas ang kanilang marka. Kahanga-hanga ang kanilang mga nagawa.

They were happy. They had their plans.

Naging masaya sila. Marami silang plano sa buhay.

They had good relationships with the teachers, students.

Maganda ang kanilang naging ugnayan sa mga guro at kapwa mag-aaral.

They were doing fine.

Maayos ang kanilang buhay.

A great percentage of the kids that ate the marshmallow,

Sa isang banda, marami sa mga bata na kinain ang marshmallow,

they were in trouble.

maraming naging problema.

They did not make it to university.

Hindi sila nakapasok ng kolehiyo.

They had bad grades. Some of them dropped out.

Mababa ang kanilang grado. Nag-drop out ang ilan sa kanila.

A few were still there with bad grades.

Ilan sa natira mababa pa rin ang grado.

A few had good grades.

Ang ilan, maganda naman ang grado.

I had a question in my mind: Would Hispanic kids

May tanong na bumabagabag sa aking isipan: Magiging magkatulad ba ang resulta

react the same way as the American kids?

kung mga batang Latino sila kaysa sa batang Amerikano?

So I went to Colombia. And I reproduced the experiment.

Kaya pumunta ako ng Colombia. At inulit ko ang eksperimento.

And it was very funny. I used four, five and six years old kids.

At naging nakakatuwa naman; ang mga bata ay edad apat, lima, at anim.

And let me show you what happened.

Hayaan niyong ipakita ko ang mga nangyari.

(Spanish) (Laughter)

(Espanyol) (Tawanan)

So what happened in Colombia?

Anong nangyari sa Colombia?

Hispanic kids, two out of three ate the marshmallow;

Mga batang Latino, dalawa sa bawat tatlo, kinain ang marshmallow;

one out of three did not.

isa sa bawat tatlo naman ay nakapagtiis.

This little girl was interesting;

Nakakatuwa ang batang ito;

she ate the inside of the marshmallow.

kinain niya ang loob ng marshmallow.

(Laughter)

(Tawanan)

In other words, she wanted us to think that she had not eaten it, so she would get two.

Samakatuwid, gusto niyang isipin natin na hindi niya kinain iyon, para makakuha siya ng isa pa.

But she ate it.

Pero kinain niya ito.

So we know she'll be successful. But we have to watch her.

Kaya alam natin na magtatagumpay siya. Ngunit kailangan natin siyang bantayan.

(Laughter)

(Tawanan)

She should not go into banking, for example,

Hindi siya pwede sa banko, halimbawa,

or work at a cash register.

o magtrabaho bilang kahera.

But she will be successful.

Pero magtatagumpay siya.

And this applies for everything. Even in sales.

Totoo ito kahit saan. Kahit sa pagtitinda.

The sales person that --

Ipagpalagay natin, isang tindera --

the customer says, "I want that." And the person says, "Okay, here you are."

sabi ng customer, "Gusto ko niyan." At sasabihin ng tindera, "Okay, eto na."

That person ate the marshmallow.

Kinain ng taong iyon ang marshmallow.

If the sales person says, "Wait a second.

Kung sinabi ng tindera, "Teka muna.

Let me ask you a few questions to see if this is a good choice."

Tatanungin muna kita upang malaman kung tama nga ang pinili mo."

Then you sell a lot more.

Sigurado mas marami ang benta mo.

So this has applications in all walks of life.

Nagagamit ito sa lahat ng aspeto ng buhay.

I end with -- the Koreans did this.

Tatapusin ko na ito -- ito ay gawa ng mga Korean.

You know what? This is so good

Alam mo ba? Sa sobrang tuwa

that we want a marshmallow book for children.

ginusto namin ang isang pambatang libro tungkol sa marshmallow.

We did one for children. And now it is all over Korea.

At gumawa kami ng librong pambata. Nagkalat na ito ngayon sa buong Korea.

They are teaching these kids exactly this principle.

Tinuturo nila ang prinsipyong ito sa lahat ng bata doon.

And we need to learn that principle here in the States,

At kailangan nating matutunan ang prinsipyong iyon dito sa Estados Unidos,

because we have a big debt.

dahil malaki ang ating utang.

We are eating more marshmallows than we are producing.

Mas maraming marshmallow ang kinakain natin kaysa sa nagagawa.

Thank you so much.

Maraming salamat.