For instance- let's say you are a member of an undergrad A ccapella group.
打個比方,比如說你是一個大學(xué)生合唱團的成員
And you really enjoy it. In self-concordant, it's something that you believe in. Something you enjoy.
你很喜歡這件事,從自我和諧的角度來看,這是你所信仰的事
Something that is interesting to you. Something you are doing because you are really want to be doing it.
是你喜歡的事,是你感興趣的事,是一件你正在做,因為你確實非常想做的事
In other words, a self-concordant goal that will have an effect, a positive effect on other areas in your life, such as a class that you don't necessarily enjoy that much, but you are doing more because you feel that you have to, as opposed to you really really want to.
換句話說,自我和諧的目標(biāo)會對你生活的其他方面產(chǎn)生積極影響。比如說一門你不那么喜歡的課,你去上課是因為你覺得你必須要去而不是你真的非常想去
So potentially identifying self-concordant goals can also help you improve your grades.
因此找到自我和諧的目標(biāo)其實可以幫助你提高成績

Again, even though they are not related at all. Because overall, you are more motivated; you are more excited; you are more interested; and you enjoy life as a whole more in positive emotions have a trickle effect.
雖然它們似乎毫不相關(guān)。因為總體來說,你更有動力了、你更興奮了、你更感興趣了,你用更積極的感情來享受整個人生,這就是涓滴效應(yīng)。
In a way you can think about it like a candle in a dark room. Very often you don't need to light up the entire room with lights A single candle sometimes is enough to spread the light to darkened corners of the room.
這個效應(yīng)可以想象為黑暗房間里的蠟燭,通常你不需要將點很多燈照亮整個屋子,有時只需一根蠟燭就足以將光明遍布房間每一個角落
The same with the self-concordant goals. They have a trickle effect. Choosing to do things- doing what we want to do has also health benefits.
自我和諧的目標(biāo)也是這樣,它們具有涓滴效應(yīng)——選擇做我們想做的事同樣對健康也有好處
This is one of the most important studies done in the field of psychology by, once again, our own Ellen Langer. What she did was going into old age homes and divide it- the old age home randomly into two groups.
這是心理學(xué)領(lǐng)域的重要研究之一,同樣是由我們學(xué)校的埃倫·蘭格做的研究,她所做的就是去了一個養(yǎng)老院將老人們隨機分為兩組