Quite simply, people who set goals are generally, controlling for other things, more successful. Why? One of the main reasons is because what goals do is they focus us.
非常簡(jiǎn)單,設(shè)定目標(biāo)的人一般掌控其他事都比較成功。為什么?一個(gè)重要的原因是,因?yàn)槟繕?biāo)能使我們專注
Very often, we are all over the place; we are not sure where we are going. And if we don't know where we are going, we are unlikely to get there. And the focus gets us directed. It brings forth resources- external and internal resources- that are necessary to get there.
通常來(lái)說(shuō),我們常四處奔波,不知道往哪個(gè)方向走,如果我們不知道方向,就不可能到達(dá)目的地。而專注能讓我們找到方向,這能帶來(lái)額外的資源,外部和內(nèi)部資源,幫助我們達(dá)成目的
Abraham Maslow: "Being focused on a task produces organization for efficiency both within the organism and in the environment. "
亞伯拉罕·馬斯洛說(shuō):“專注于一個(gè)任務(wù)可以在個(gè)體及自然環(huán)境中提高組織效率”

Quite remarkable how goals actually work. When we set goals, when we enter something, whether it's privately but eve better- publicly, things begin to happen inside us as well as around us.
目標(biāo)的作用非常顯著,我們?cè)O(shè)定目標(biāo)時(shí),或向自己灌輸某種思想時(shí),無(wú)論是私人的還是公開的,我們心中或身邊都會(huì)有些什么變化
Also, goals contribute to performance and well-being because they strengthen our resilience.
而且,目標(biāo)對(duì)工作表現(xiàn)及幸福感有重大影響,因?yàn)槟繕?biāo)會(huì)讓我們更具適應(yīng)力
Remember the second class when we talked about resilience? One of the things that extinguish those kids who were successful, despite difficult external circumstances, was the fact that they were resilient, and one of the distinguishing characteristics was they set goals for themselves. They were future-oriented. Not only thinking about the past, being "learned helpless"- learning to be helpless, but focusing on the future.
還記得第二節(jié)課我們探討過適應(yīng)力嗎?那些孩子成功的其中一個(gè)要素是排除艱難的外部環(huán)境的影響,就是他們的適應(yīng)性強(qiáng)。其中一個(gè)顯著特征是他們會(huì)設(shè)定目標(biāo),他們是以未來(lái)為導(dǎo)向的,不但思考過去,沒人幫助他們學(xué)習(xí),學(xué)習(xí)適應(yīng)沒人幫助的情況,專注于未來(lái)