每日口說挑戰過度正向思考使人更沮喪？ 正面思考跟你想的不一樣！ Why Positive Thinking is Bad for You

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"I'm really nervous about my job interview later, but I’m thinking lots of positive thoughts. Send lots of positive energy my way!"

"Of course. Good luck!"

Three weeks later...

"I still haven’t heard back from that company I interviewed with. I keep thinking positive thoughts about it, but I'm getting really freaked out!"

"Did they tell you when they might contact you?"

"Not really. They just said that they're interviewing lots of people and that I'd hear from them in a week if they chose me, but now I’m depressed."

What’s up, VoiceTubers? Leila here. Did that conversation sound at all familiar to you? There are some people who are convinced that focusing on positive thoughts is the way to achieve happiness and good results in your life–but is it? Today’s video argues the opposite, not that we should only focus on worst-case scenarios, but how thinking negatively a little more often might actually be helpful. Check out the video if you haven’t already. It does a better job of explaining it than I’m doing here.

In the meantime, let’s move on to our Sentence of the Day:

We trick ourselves into thinking that we've achieved the thing, even though we haven't necessarily taken any actual steps towards achieving the goal that we want.
我們欺騙自己，讓自己以為已經達成目標，就算我們沒有採取任何必要的步驟來實現我們想達成的目標。


Pronunciation tips:
achieved
necessarily
towards


Vocabulary:

1. trick (v.) KK: /trɪk/ IPA: /trɪk/
to deceive someone, often as a part of a plan
欺騙，誘騙，哄騙
i.e. The two lines are actually the same length, but the optical illusion tricks your brain into thinking they are different.
這兩條線實際上是長度相同，但視覺的錯覺會誘使你的大腦認為它們是不同的。

2. achieve (v.) KK: /əˋtʃiv/ IPA: /əˈtʃiːv/
to succeed in finishing something or reaching an aim, especially after a lot of work or effort
（尤指經過努力）完成；達到；實現
i.e. Relying on willpower alone isn’t the best way to achieve your goals.
單單只依靠意志力並不是實現目標的最佳方式。

3. necessarily (adv.) KK: /ˋnɛsəsɛrɪlɪ/ IPA: /ˈnes.ə.ser.ɪl.i/
used in negatives to mean "in every case" or "therefore"
（用於否定句）不可避免地，必然地
i.e. I saw Thomas and Katherine at the movie theater, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they were on a date.
我在電影院見到 Thomas 跟 Katherine，但這並不一定代表他們當時是在約會。


Today’s video mentions a film called "The Secret" which, after I watched it years ago, got me thinking that I could somehow influence my luck or the events of my day through positive thinking.

I started experimenting with random things, like visualizing driving to work and hitting every single green light along the way. Yeah, that didn’t work. I tried positively visualizing the exact item I was shopping for sitting on the store shelf just waiting for me, and whaddaya know? It’s on sale at a deep discount, too! Nope, didn’t work.

Then there was one day when I was out shopping for a used car. I had made appointments with a bunch of different sellers on the same day, and I went from place to place checking out all these second-hand cars. Didn’t like the first one or the second one because I had this image in my mind of the car that I wanted.

I’m not sure how many different used cars I actually looked at that day. It felt like a lot, and by the end of the day, I was pretty exhausted. Finally, I was down to my last option. I went to a small used car dealer, and as soon as I arrived, there was my car sitting outside! It was a Japanese silver 2-door coupe in great condition. I bought the car and it was everything I had hoped it would be.

Because of that experience, I really started to believe that there was something to this "law of attraction" stuff–except that was almost 20 years ago now, and nothing like that has EVER happened to me again. Despite me trying to think positively and manifest the things I want, that car was the one and only time it worked, if I can even credit it to positive thinking at all.

What about you? Do you think this positive thinking stuff is real, or are we just kidding ourselves? Has it ever worked for you? Let me know in the comments. And as always, hit that record button when you’re ready with your sentence. Catch ya next time.

We trick ourselves into thinking that we've achieved the thing, even though we haven't necessarily taken any actual steps towards achieving the goal that we want.

We trick ourselves into thinking that we’ve achieved the thing, even though we haven’t necessarily taken any actual steps towards achieving the goal that we want.

雖然影片長10分鐘但意外的不乏味，好像有幫最近自己的心理狀態解惑到 ( ´∀｀)ﾉ

☺We trick ourselves into thinking that we've achieved the thing, even though we haven't necessarily taken any actual steps towards achieving the goal that we want.
我們欺騙自己，讓自己感覺好像已經達成目標了，即便我們實際上可能根本還沒有採取任何行動來實現我們想要達成的目標。
【心得】先做好最壞的打算，搞不好結局會有意想不到的驚喜。
■trick [trɪk] (n.C)詭計、花招；惡作劇；騙局；訣竅、秘訣；技巧、手法；(橋牌)一圈；習慣、癖好[(+of)]；輕率愚蠢的行為
(vi.&vt.)欺騙、誘騙、哄騙
(vt.)裝飾、打扮[(+out/up/off)]
(vi. )惡作劇、戲弄[(+with)]
(adj.)有訣竅的；特技的；魔術的；捉弄的、戲弄的；惡作劇的；欺詐的；(骨頭/關節等)似快要折斷的、脆弱的
■achieve [əˋtʃiv] (vt.) (尤指經過努力)完成；達到、贏得；實現
(vi.)達到目的
■necessarily [ˋnɛsəsɛrɪlɪ] or [nɛsəˋsɛrɪlɪ] (adv.)(用於否定句)必定、必然地、必要地、必需地、必要地、不可避免地

“We need to accept that we won’t always make the right decisions, that we’ll screw up royally sometimes – understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of success.” – Arianna Huffington

# Day1165 2022.02.17 Thursday
Why Positive Thinking is Bad for You
We trick ourselves into thinking that we’ve achieved the thing, even though we haven’t necessarily taken any actual steps towards achieving the goal that we want.

We trick ourselves into thinking that we’ve achieved the thing, even though we haven’t necessarily taken any actual steps towards achieving the goal that we want.