There is no other way to learn, in terms of how to work,
学习如何工作别无他法
and there is no other way to learn in terms of learning how to succeed as scientist, or as a politician, or as an artist.
要学习如何在科学,政治或艺术界取得成功,别无他法
The artists, as Dean Simonton showed, who had the most dubs, the most failed attempts
正如迪安·西蒙顿指出的那样,纵观历史,那些有过最多次挫折,最多次失败尝试的艺术家
through out history were also the artists who were the most successful in the long run.
也是最终看来最成功的艺术家
No short cuts. It's not enough to just sit down and think, and conceive and believe.
成功没有捷径。只是坐下来思考、构想和相信是不够的
We need to do much more than that.
我们要做的比这多得多
Martin Seligman, considered father of positive psychology, has done a lot of work on optimism and pessimism. And here is what he found.
马丁·塞利格曼,他被认为是积极心理学之父做了一些有关乐观主义和悲观主义的研究,他发现
What he found was that when it comes to goal setting,
他发现,就目标设定而言
pessimists are realistic in terms of their short term goals as well as in terms of their long term goals.
悲观主义者不论在他们的短期目标,还是长期目标上都很现实
That's good thing to be a realistic.
现实是好事
Short term goal as well as long term goal realistic.
短期目标和长期目标都很现实
Where as optimists are realistic, sorry, optimists on the other hand, are unrealistic when it comes to their short term goals,
而乐观主义者很现实,抱歉,乐观主义者与之相反,在他们的短期目标设定上并不现实
but are realistic when it comes to their long term goals.
但对于他们的长期目标就很现实
Why is that? Well, let's look at the model again.
这是怎么回事?让我们再来看这个模型