Quite simply, people who set goals are generally, controlling for other things, more successful. Why? One of the main reasons is because what goals do is they focus us.
非常简单,设定目标的人一般掌控其他事都比较成功。为什么?一个重要的原因是,因为目标能使我们专注
Very often, we are all over the place; we are not sure where we are going. And if we don't know where we are going, we are unlikely to get there. And the focus gets us directed. It brings forth resources- external and internal resources- that are necessary to get there.
通常来说,我们常四处奔波,不知道往哪个方向走,如果我们不知道方向,就不可能到达目的地。而专注能让我们找到方向,这能带来额外的资源,外部和内部资源,帮助我们达成目的
Abraham Maslow: "Being focused on a task produces organization for efficiency both within the organism and in the environment. "
亚伯拉罕·马斯洛说:“专注于一个任务可以在个体及自然环境中提高组织效率”
Quite remarkable how goals actually work. When we set goals, when we enter something, whether it's privately but eve better- publicly, things begin to happen inside us as well as around us.
目标的作用非常显着,我们设定目标时,或向自己灌输某种思想时,无论是私人的还是公开的,我们心中或身边都会有些什么变化
Also, goals contribute to performance and well-being because they strengthen our resilience.
而且,目标对工作表现及幸福感有重大影响,因为目标会让我们更具适应力
Remember the second class when we talked about resilience? One of the things that extinguish those kids who were successful, despite difficult external circumstances, was the fact that they were resilient, and one of the distinguishing characteristics was they set goals for themselves. They were future-oriented. Not only thinking about the past, being "learned helpless"- learning to be helpless, but focusing on the future.
还记得第二节课我们探讨过适应力吗?那些孩子成功的其中一个要素是排除艰难的外部环境的影响,就是他们的适应性强。其中一个显着特征是他们会设定目标,他们是以未来为导向的,不但思考过去,没人帮助他们学习,学习适应没人帮助的情况,专注于未来