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Years ago, a group of researchers ran a simple experiment with young children. Each child was given one marshmallow and a choice. They could eat it right away, or they could wait alone in a room for about fifteen minutes without eating it, and if they managed to wait, they’d be rewarded with a second marshmallow. Some children ate it within seconds. Others found creative ways...

There’s a story in the book of Genesis that has quietly shaped how I think about decision making, and it’s the story of two brothers, Esau and Jacob. On the surface, it looks like a simple family story, twin brothers, a bowl of stew, a birthright exchanged in a moment of hunger. But underneath that simple story is one of the clearest pictures in scripture of two completely di...