What are some benefits of self-concordance? The first one- and there are many- the first one is the obvious one.
自我和諧有什么好處呢?自我和諧有很多好處,其中第一點非常顯而易見
You don't need to be a rocket scientist or even a social scientist to understand that setting self-concordant goals can potentially make us happier.
你不需要成為一個火箭科學家或者社會科學家就能理解制定自我和諧的目標可以讓我們更快樂
Because we are pursuing something we care about, it is more likely to reinforce our enjoyment of the journey.
因為我們在追求自己在意的事,更加增加了人生旅途的樂趣
The second thing, in addition to increasing well being, certainly connected to well being is that very often, having self-concordant goals- having goals in general, but in particular self-concordant goals, resolves internal conflicts.
第二,除了增加幸福感,當然也跟幸福感緊密相關的,是制定自我和諧的目標,整體上制定目標

For example, it helps us deal with anxiety, with uncertainty, with existential questions- "What am I about? What am I doing? Why am I here?"
但特別制定一些自我和諧的目標能解決內在的心理沖突。比如說,它可以幫我們解決焦慮,解決疑惑,解決有關存在的問題——“我是誰,我在干什么,我為什么在這兒”
And if you think about it, very often when we go through periods when we are not sure where we are going, where every fork in the road is about ambivalence and uncertainty that's when existential questions come up.
如果你思考這些,通常是在那種我們不確定該走向何方、站在十字路口、前路迷霧重重的時候,這就是有關存在的問題出現的時候
That's when there's uncertainty. That's when very often, there's unhappiness, whereas when we know what our path is, it helps to resolve internal conflict.
這就是猶豫出現的時候,這就是不快樂出現的時候。如果我們知道我們該往哪兒走,就不會有那么多的內在心理沖突
An interesting way to think about it is by drawing comparison to interpersonal conflicts.
我們可以從一個很有趣的角度來看它,也就是將它與人際間的沖突相對比
So here we are talking about intra-personal conflicts- within: anxiety, depression- often a result of that.
我們現在講的是人的內在沖突,是心理內在的焦慮,沮喪,通常會造成類似的后果