《PP》第12课笔记整理——设立目标

这节课继续讲解“改变”，下半节讲解“设立目标”。

讲解改变的过程中，Tal教授提到了一个方法，记日记。记录那些无论好还是坏的事情，会有很大收益，如果你很开心，记录会再次温故那个过程，所以还会开心；如果你伤心，记录的过程中可能也会伤心，但过几天心情就会好很多，应该算是有一种如释重负的感觉。

改变的三个过程ABC在记录日记的过程中都有体现。所以说记日记也对改变有很大作用。

关于ABC，需要回顾第10课（《PP》第10课笔记整理）和第11课（《PP》第11课笔记整理——习惯）

总之改变并不容易，但也并不意味着改变的途中充满艰辛，实际上也是有各种欢乐

change is not easy, it’s hard, it takes time. However, that doesn’t mean that the process itself cannot be enjoyable. The process itself is extremely, potentially, extremely rewarding. The journey as well as the destination.

Henry David Thoreau, 1840s: ”I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by a conscious endeavor. It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a statue, and so to make a few objects beautiful;  but it is far more glorious to carve and paint the very atmosphere and medium through which we look, which morally we can do. To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts."

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接下来Tal讲解的是设立目标，这个行为有很多好处，第一，当你设定目标以后，周边就会出现一系列变化，有一种吸引力法则的意思，至少是当你有了目标，很多曾经看不到的东西，现在发现了，比如你打算考托福，于是发现了各种帖子、班级、资料等，而这些之前可能也会有，但就是注意不到；第二，当你设立目标后，你会更有方向感，遇到困难也会更加坚韧

If I declare that I have to get over the wall, and my question is “how do I get over this wall”. it’s not thinking about “is it possible or is it not possible”. it’s rather “how can I get over this wall”. this question opens up opportunities, many of which I have not seen before.

words create worlds.

when you immersed in something, you have a clearer sense of direction, you are much more likely to be happy.

目标的达成很重要，而在达成目标的过程也是非常重要

Tal: “Happiness is not about making it to the peak of the mountain, nor is it about climbing aimlessly around the mountain; happiness is the experience of climbing toward the peak.”

Gwendolyn Brooks:

Live not for battles won