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Be an Optimist

做一個樂觀者

If you change your mind - from pessimism to optimism - you can change your life.

假如你轉變你的想法——從悲觀轉變為樂觀一你就能夠改變你的生活。

-Claipe Safran

——克雷普.薩弗蘭

Do you see the glass as half-full rather than half empty? Do you keep your eye upon the doughnut, ot upon the hole? Suddenly these cliches are scientific questions, as researchers scrutinize the power of positive thinking. Research is proving that optimism can help you to be happier, healthier and more successful. Pessimism leads, by contrast, to hopelessness, sickness and failure, and is linked to depression, loneliness and painful shyness. If we could teach people to think more positively, it would be like inoculating them against these mental ills.

你看到的是杯子中的半杯水，還是空著的另一半？你的眼 睛盯著的是炸面包圈，還是它當中的圓洞？當研究者們詳細檢 測積極思維的作用時，突然之間這些陳詞濫調都成為了科學問 題。研究證實，樂觀能夠讓你更加快樂、更加健康、更加成功。 相反,悲觀則會導致無望、疾病以及挫敗;其與消沉、孤獨和使人 痛苦的靦腆不無關系。假如我們能夠教導人們更加積極地去思 考，那就會像給他們注射預防這些心理疾病的疫苗。

Your habits count but the belief that you can succeed affects whether or not you will. In part, thats because optimists and pessimists deal with the same challenges and disappointments in very different ways. When things go wrong the pessimist tends to blame himself. "Im not good at this.""I always fail."He would say. But the optimist looks for loopholes. Negative or positive, it was a self-fulfilling prophecy. If people feel hopeless they dont bother to acquire the skills they need to succeed.

你的諸多習慣固然重要,但是你能夠成功的信念影響著你 是否真的會成功。在某種程度上講，這是由于樂觀主義者和悲 觀主義者以迥異的方式對待相同的挑戰與失望。當出了問題之 后,悲觀主義者往往自我責備。他會說：“我不撞長做這種事”， “我總是失敗”。但是樂觀主義者則尋找疏漏之處。不管是消 極還是積極的想法，都是一種本身會得以實現的預言。如果人 們感覺毫無希望,那么他們就不會花費力氣去獲得成功所需要的技能。

A sense of control is the litmus test for success. The optimist feels in control of his own life. If things are going badly, he acts quickly, looking for solutions, forming a new plan of action, and reaching out for advice. The pessimist feels like fates plaything and moves slowly. He doesnt seek advice, since he assumes nothing can be done. Many studies suggest that the pessimists feeling of helplessness undermines the bodys natural defenses, the immune system. Research has found that the pessimist doesnt take good care of himself. Feeling passive and unable to dodge lifes blows, he expects ill health and other misfortunes, no matter what he does. He munches on junk food, avoids exercise, ignores the doctor, has another drink.

有無掌控感是成功的試金石。樂觀主義者感覺到能夠掌握 自己的命運。如果亊出不利，他立即作出反應，尋求解決辦法， 制定新的行動計劃，而且主動去請教他人。悲觀主義者則感覺 到自己只能任憑命運擺布，行動起來拖拖拉拉。既然認為無計 可施,他便不去尋求他人的意見。許多研究顯示，悲觀主義者的 無助感會損害人體的自然防御體系，即免疫系統。研究發現悲 觀主義者不會很好地照顧自己。這種人消極被動，不會避開生 活中的打擊，不管做什么都會擔心身體不好或者其他災禍降臨。 他吞吃著垃圾食品（不利于健康且營養價值低的食品）,逃避體 育鍛煉，忽視醫生的勸告，總是要再貪一杯。

Most people are a mix of optimism and pessimism, but are inclined in one direction or the other. It is a pattern of thinking learned at our mothers knees. It grows out of thousands of cautions or encouragements, negative statements or positive ones. Too many "dont" and warnings of danger can make a child feel incompetent, fearful - and pessimistic. Pessimism is a hard habit to break - but it can be done.

在大多數人身上，樂觀主義和悲觀主義兼而有之,但總是更 加傾向于其中之一。這是在母親膝下之時就已經形成的思維模 式。它源自千萬次瞀告或者鼓勵，積極的或者消極的話語。過 多的“不許“和危險瞀告會讓一個孩子感到無能、膽怯——以至 于悲觀。悲觀是一種很難克服的習慣——但是其并非不能夠克 服。