Name: 努力≠品格？真正的原因在這裡！ (Not all effort leads to character. Here’s why.)
Uploaded: 2025-09-30T21:01:10.000Z
Duration: 2 min 55 s

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I think we might approach virtue development as really a self serving and personal activity.

我認為我們可能會把德行發展視為一種自我服務的個人活動。

We want to be healthier, happier individuals.

我們要成為更健康、更快樂的個體。

But what our data show is that virtue development is going to be more potent when it is shared with other people.

但我們的資料顯示，當德行發展與他人分享時，會更有效。

For example, if I am committed to sustainability, seeing nature as sacred, that is a cause that's shared with people all around the world, or someone could be motivated to be a good citizen, to engage others and practice humility and patience.

例如，如果我致力於永續發展，將自然視為神聖，這是一個與世界各地人們分享的訴求，或者有人會受到激勵成為好公民，參與他人，並實踐謙遜和耐心。

This connection with others provides the motivation necessary to do the hard work of building those virtues.

這種與他人的連結提供了艱辛的工作來培養這些美德所需的動力。

I think a great example of this is when we think about people training for marathon with a philanthropic running team.

我認為一個很好的例子是，當我們想到人們與慈善跑團一起訓練馬拉松時。

Many people who train for these kind of races say they grow a lot in their virtues and self control or patience or generosity through this really difficult practice of running.

許多參加這類比賽的人說，他們透過這種艱辛的跑步練習，在美德、自制力、耐心或慷慨方面都有很大的成長。

And so we thought, well, this is interesting, is that actually the case?

所以我們想，嗯，這很有趣，真的是這樣嗎？

We looked at their generosity as well as three types of motivations.

我們也檢視了他們的慷慨程度以及三種動機。

We looked at their health and fitness motivation, their motivation related to the pro social cause of raising money for clean water efforts.

我們看了他們關於健康健身的動力，以及他們為乾淨水資源努力募款的親社會訴求動力。

And then their motivation to grow spiritually and get closer to God.

然後是他們靈性成長、更接近神的動力。

And what we found is that in general, not everyone actually grew in their virtues, but

我們發現，總體來說，並非每個人都在德行發展上有所成長，但

they did if they grew in motivations not just focused on my own health and fitness.

如果他們的動力不只是專注在自己的健康和健身，他們就會成長。

Like generosity, you have to move beyond the self.

Generosity is connected to the bigger meaning of why they're doing this, and

慷慨與他們做這件事的更大意義息息相關，

so at least to virtue growth and not just the health and fitness benefits.

所以至少能促進德行發展，而不只是健康和健身的益處。

And you won't necessarily experience the character growth from a practice like running and training for a race unless you are also growing in those moral motivations over time.

除非你也隨著時間在道德動力上成長，否則你不會從跑步、為競賽訓練等練習中真正體驗到品格的成長。

So it's a pretty sure bet that if we can make our story less about ourselves and more about contributing to the greater good, that will help us build our virtues.

所以，如果我們能讓故事少談自己，多談對更大利益的貢獻，這肯定能幫助我們建立德行。

It might not be the only thing it takes, but

it will get you started on the pathway to virtue development.

這會讓你踏上德行發展的道路。