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He wanted me to have a skill
他希望我掌握一門本領
and he wanted me to butt my head up against the joy
他希望我能沖向自己的興趣
but also the hard reality of finishing medical school
但也希望我能刻苦讀完醫學院
finishing residency
完成實習期
and caring for patients in life-or-death situations
照顧同生與死作斗爭患者們
I'm so grateful to my father
我很感謝我的父親
So far I've told you that life is uncertain
到目前為止 我告訴你們說人生是不確定的
but you already knew that
但你們已經了解了這一點
What I really want you to know
我真正想讓你們了解的是
is that you have abundant tools to face that uncertainty
你們擁有大量的工具來直面這種不確定性
and to lead an extraordinary life, even beyond your wildest dreams
成就不平凡的人生 甚至超出你最瘋狂的夢想
Roy Baumeister is a psychologist
羅伊?鮑邁斯特是一位心理學家
who has devoted his career to studying the qualities in human beings
終生研究能夠帶領人類取得
that lead to what he calls "positive outcomes"
他稱之為"積極的結果"的人類素質
In this fascinating field, researchers have found
在這個令人著迷的領域 研究人員發現
that two traits are most consistently associated with success:
有兩個特質始終與成功相伴
intelligence and willpower
智力和意志力
In Baumeister's book entitled Willpower
從鮑邁斯特所著的《意志力》一書中
we learn that efforts to permanently increase intelligence have failed
我們了解到 雖然永久地提高智力的努力歸于失敗
but people can in fact improve their willpower
但人其實是可以提高自身的意志力的
