《积极心理学》哈佛公开课

This classed is a class about making a difference in people’s lives.
这门课是关于如何改变生活。

The importance of time aside cannot be over-emphasized.
休息时间的重要性 怎么强调都不为过。

积极心理学从本质上说是人本主义(humanistic psychology)的产物和衍生。人本主义心理学本质上是对当时已有的各种心里学派的一种反应。他的提出者称其为心理学界的“第三势力”
第一：行为主义 （代表人物有斯金纳，华生）
第二：精神分析学（psychoanalysis，弗洛伊德、容格)
第三：人本主义心理学1954年提出（对前两者提出异议），不认为人的生活就是生理本能（行为主义）、就是神经症（精神分析学）；

Iformation:知识本身无法解决我们的幸福感、成功、自尊、动机水平、恋爱关系及其质量。
Transformation：对客观情况换一种解读方式

For example：跑步比赛，期望前三得奖，却得了第八。一个人理解为，失败了，颓丧失意没有能量。 一个人理解为，获取了经验，知道了努力的方向，更加充满了动力。

Or think about another very common example. We know of many people around the world, who seemingly have everything, who are doing well, who have more than they need and yet they are unhappy, And then there are people around the world. who have very little, and yet they never cease, never stop to celebrate life(热爱生活). And the we have the other way around as well, people who have everything and appreciate it and enjoy life and people who have very little, who see themselves as victim.
重要的不仅仅是获得信息（知识等），还取决于容器（大脑）的形状，如何解读、如何理解、关注的焦点，都取决于容器的形状。
即使拥有一切，如果对生命的关注和解读并不好，那么也不会幸福。因此，对信息的解读往往比信息更重要。

Happiness is much more contingent on out state of mind than on out status or the state of our bank account.
快乐更取决于我们的心态，而非身份地位或是存款多少。

You know, a good life, a fulfilling life, a rich life includes ups and downs, includes pain and getting up again, includes failure and getting up again, It includes success and celebrating it, victories and losses, ups and downs.
一个好的生活、一个美好的生活、丰富的生活有起有落，