What are some benefits of self-concordance? The first one- and there are many- the first one is the obvious one.
自我和谐有什么好处呢?自我和谐有很多好处,其中第一点非常显而易见
You don't need to be a rocket scientist or even a social scientist to understand that setting self-concordant goals can potentially make us happier.
你不需要成为一个火箭科学家或者社会科学家就能理解制定自我和谐的目标可以让我们更快乐
Because we are pursuing something we care about, it is more likely to reinforce our enjoyment of the journey.
因为我们在追求自己在意的事,更加增加了人生旅途的乐趣
The second thing, in addition to increasing well being, certainly connected to well being is that very often, having self-concordant goals- having goals in general, but in particular self-concordant goals, resolves internal conflicts.
第二,除了增加幸福感,当然也跟幸福感紧密相关的,是制定自我和谐的目标,整体上制定目标
For example, it helps us deal with anxiety, with uncertainty, with existential questions- "What am I about? What am I doing? Why am I here?"
但特别制定一些自我和谐的目标能解决内在的心理冲突。比如说,它可以帮我们解决焦虑,解决疑惑,解决有关存在的问题——“我是谁,我在干什么,我为什么在这儿”
And if you think about it, very often when we go through periods when we are not sure where we are going, where every fork in the road is about ambivalence and uncertainty that's when existential questions come up.
如果你思考这些,通常是在那种我们不确定该走向何方、站在十字路口、前路迷雾重重的时候,这就是有关存在的问题出现的时候
That's when there's uncertainty. That's when very often, there's unhappiness, whereas when we know what our path is, it helps to resolve internal conflict.
这就是犹豫出现的时候,这就是不快乐出现的时候。如果我们知道我们该往哪儿走,就不会有那么多的内在心理冲突
An interesting way to think about it is by drawing comparison to interpersonal conflicts.
我们可以从一个很有趣的角度来看它,也就是将它与人际间的冲突相对比
So here we are talking about intra-personal conflicts- within: anxiety, depression- often a result of that.
我们现在讲的是人的内在冲突,是心理内在的焦虑,沮丧,通常会造成类似的后果