And it applies as we will see later also, to the notion of stress- and how important that can be in cultivating resilience and ultimately, happiness.
而且同樣適用于我們之后會講到的壓力的概念,以及它對于培養耐性以及最終獲得幸福的重要性
Too easy is not necessarily good. Finally, we see this also in oppressive regimes versus democracies.
過于輕松不一定是件好事,最后我們看到壓迫政權和民主之間也是這樣
One of the main reasons why people are happier under democracies- and remember, that is one of few external circumstances that can predict happiness- one of the reasons is because under democracies, people have choice.
人們之所以在民主制度下更幸福的重要原因之一記住,這是少數可以預測幸福的外部條件之一。原因之一就在于,民主制度下人們有選擇的權利

As opposed to under dictatorships, very often they are told "OK, you need to go into accounting. You need to go into engineering. And you need to go into athletics." And so on.
而在獨裁政治下通常人們會被告知“好,你去做會計、你去做工程、你去做運動員……”諸如此類
And when you have a choice, that is a good predictor of happiness.
如果你有選擇,那就是快樂的預示
Let's shift gear a little bit. I'm going to talk about something very much related to self-concordance, but from a different angle.
讓我們稍微換一下話題,我要講一些與自我和諧非常相關的東西,但是是從不同的角度來講的
I'm going to talk about values in action, or in short, the VIA. Values in action, the VIA, is arguably the most ambitious, and certainly one of the most important projects within positive psychology.
我要講講行為價值觀,縮寫為VIA。行為價值觀 VIA可以說是積極心理學中最有前景,也是最重要的課題之一