可可电台，每期节目一话题，让英语磨练耳朵的同时学到更多有益的小知识，丰富知识的同时受益于生活。

Cultivate well-being

培养幸福感

Identify Signature Strengths

找出标志性的优势

Write down a story about a time when you were at your best. It doesn’t need to be a life-changing event but should have a clear beginning, middle and end. Reread it every day for a week, and each time ask yourself:“What personal strengths did I display when I was at my best?”Did you show a lot of creativity? Good judgment? Were you kind to other people? Loyal? Brave? Passionate? Forgiving? Honest?

就你状态最好的一段时间写一个故事。不一定是一件改变你人生的事情，但应该有清楚的开始、过渡和结尾。找一周时间每天都重新看一遍，每次都问自己：“我状态最好的时候表现出了什么个人优势?”你表现出了丰富的创意吗?良好的判断力?你是不是对他人友善?忠诚?勇敢?热情?宽容?诚实?

Writing down your answers“puts you in touch with what you’re good at,”Dr. Seligman explained. The next step is to contemplate how to use these strengths to your advantage, intentionally organizing and structuring your life around them.

写下你的答案“会让你接近自己擅长的领域，”塞利格曼解释说。下一步是思考如何利用这些优势，有意地围绕它们来组织和安排你的生活。

In a study by Dr. Seligman and colleagues published in American Psychologist, participants looked for an opportunity to deploy one of their signature strengths“in a new and different way”every day for one week.

在塞利格曼和同事发表在《美国心理学家》(American Psychologist)上的一项研究中，参与者一周中每天都在找机会“以一种新的、不同的方式”利用自己的其中一项标志性优势。

“A week later, a month later, six months later, people had on average lower rates of depression and higher life satisfaction,”Dr. Seligman said.“Possible mechanisms could be more positive emotions. People like you more, relationships go better, life goes better.”

“一周后，一个月后，半年后，人们患抑郁症的平均比例下降，生活满意度增加，”塞利格曼说。“可能存在的机制也许意味着更多积极情绪。人们会更喜欢你，人际关系会得到改善，生活会变得更好。”

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