Name: 你的職業道德其實是應對機制？！ (Your Work Ethic is a Coping Mechanism)
Uploaded: 2026-02-06T10:30:33.000Z
Duration: 9 min 7 s

程度副詞

I've been trying to work on this idea for a really long time.

我一直想處理這個想法很久了。

情態副詞

And again, these are thinly veiled, actually just totally transparent autobiographical notes to self.

而且，這些其實都是很明顯、完全透明的自我筆記。

Viktor Frankl has this famous quote where he says, when a man can't find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure.

維克多·弗蘭克有個名言，他說，當一個人找不到深刻的意義時，他們就會用享樂來轉移注意力。

So Frankl is arguing that a lack of meaning causes people to seek temporary relief in superficial pursuits rather than addressing the underlying existential void.

所以弗蘭克主張，缺乏意義會讓人們在膚淺的追求中尋求暫時的慰藉，而不是處理潛在的「存在主義的虛空」。

And perhaps for many, maybe even most people, this is a big issue.

而且對許多人，甚至大多數人來說，這可能是一個大問題。

But there is another group who suffer with the opposite problem, and this is Frankl's inverse law.

但另一群人則受苦於相反的問題，這就是「法蘭克爾的反向法則」。

When a man can't find a deep sense of pleasure, they distract themselves with meaning.

當一個人找不到深刻的快樂時，他們就會用意義來轉移注意力。

So if ease and grace and joy and playfulness do not come easily to you, one solution is to ignore moment to moment happiness entirely and just always pursue hard things.

所以，如果輕鬆、優雅、快樂和「玩樂性」對你來說不是那麼容易獲得，一個解決方法就是完全忽略當下的快樂，然後一直去追求困難的事情。

You become a world champion at winning the marshmallow test.

你就會成為「費雪棉花糖測試」的冠軍。

You convince yourself that delayed gratification in perpetuity is noble because you struggle to ever feel grateful.

你說服自己，永恆的延遲滿足是高尚的，因為你很難真正感到滿足。

The tldr is that you prioritize meaning over happiness because happiness does not come easily to you.

總結來說，你寧願追求意義也不要快樂，因為快樂對你來說不容易獲得。

The problem is that delayed gratification in the extreme results in no gratification.

問題是，極端的延遲滿足，最終什麼也得不到。

If we are unduly absorbed in improving our lives, we may forget altogether to live them.

如果我們過度專注於改善生活，可能會完全忘記如何去生活。

Everyone is taught that on the other side of discomfort is something valuable.

每個人都被教導，不舒服的另一面是寶貴的東西。

We're told that worthwhile things are difficult to attain because if they weren't difficult to attain, they would not be worthwhile.

我們被告知有價值的東西很難得到，因為如果它們不難得到，它們就沒有價值。

And this is how non valuable but difficult things get slipped into our desires without us noticing.

這就是我們在不知不覺中，將沒有價值但困難的事物，悄悄地加入我們的慾望清單。

Attaining something worthwhile is often going to be difficult, but

得到有價值的東西通常會很困難，但是

just because it's difficult does not mean it's worthwhile.

困難並不代表它就一定有價值。

Doing something well doesn't make it important.

把事情做好，並不代表它就很重要。

Some people are hyper responders to that instruction and they go on to become workaholics and insecure overachievers.

有些人對這句話過度反應，結果變成工作狂和沒安全感的過度追求成就者。

And from the outside this looks like you've transcended the shallow need for pleasure.

從外面看，這好像是你已經超越了對享樂的膚淺需求。

But in reality, it's just cope to avoid facing the fact that you struggle to feel joy.

但實際上，這只是為了逃避一個事實的應對方式：你很難感受到快樂。

So instead you perpetually promise yourself that happiness might finally come tomorrow.

所以你不斷地告訴自己，快樂或許終將在明天來臨。

But like running toward the horizon, tomorrow never arrives.

但就像奔向地平線一樣，明天永遠不會到來。

You've managed to subjugate your joy as tribute to your work.

你已經成功地把你的快樂當作貢品獻給了你的工作。

Do not mistake humorless and fun lacking seriousness with being sophisticated and caring about your pursuit.

不要把毫無幽默感、缺乏樂趣的嚴肅，誤認為是成熟和對追求的關心。

You took type A advice for type B people and turned it into a fucking religion.

你把A型人格建議用在了B型人格者身上，並將其變成了一種他媽的宗教。

Thoreau said the price of anything is the amount of life that you exchange for it.

梭羅說，任何東西的代價就是你為它交換來的生命。

And by this logic, many of us are paying into a bank account that we never withdraw from permanently winning.

照這個邏輯，我們很多人都在往一個我們永遠不會提領、以永久獲勝為目的的銀行帳戶裡存錢。

The marshmallow test results in you never actually arriving at a moment where you cash in your efforts for rewards and in anticipation.

費雪棉花糖測試的結果是，你永遠無法真正到達一個時刻，用你的努力來換取獎勵和期待。

This sounds like building up to some amazingly impressive moment which will make all the pain worth it.

這聽起來像是為了某個令人驚豔的時刻而努力，讓所有的痛苦都值得。

But in retrospect, I get the sense that this will just feel like a series of miserable successes where you never stopped.

但回想起來，我感覺這只會是一連串悲慘的成功，而你從未停止。

To actually enjoy your time on this planet, you need to do at least a bit of what you care about now, as opposed to banking on finding time for it in the future.

想要真正享受你在這個星球上的時光，你現在就得做一些你關心的事情，而不是寄望未來有時間去做。

Once the decks are cleared and life's duties are out of the way.

一旦事情都辦妥，生活中的責任都告一段落。

Life's duties will never be out of the way.

生活中的責任永遠不會告一段落。

And so if you really mean it when you say that you'd like to write a novel or spend more time with your aging parents or fighting climate change, or having fun, at some point you're just going to have to start doing it.

所以，如果你說你想要寫小說、多花點時間陪年邁的父母、對抗氣候變遷，或是玩得開心，而你說的是真的，那麼你總得找個時間開始去做。

That's from Oliver Berkman I this is a suite, I guess, of challenges that we're talking about today.

這是奧利佛·柏克曼說的，這是我認為我們今天在討論的一系列挑戰。

And a lot of them are in tension with each other, right?

而且這些很多都互相矛盾，對吧？

This sort of desire for drive whilst realizing that it's a coping mechanism, this need for inspiration and aspiration whilst also realizing that compassion is something that's important.

這種渴望動力，同時又意識到這是一種應對機制；這種對靈感和抱負的需求，同時又意識到同情心也很重要。

This understanding that you do need to delay gratification.

But if you're the sort of person that takes delay gratification advice to heart, you probably are a hyper responder and didn't need to hear more of it.

但如果你是那種把延遲滿足的建議牢記在心的人，你可能已經是過度反應者了，不需要再多聽了。

You actually needed to hear, maybe you should cash some of that in.

你其實需要聽到，也許你應該把一些延遲的滿足先兌現。

But I think that idea that Frankl's inverse law, when a man can't find a deep sense of pleasure, they distract themselves with meaning.

但我想法蘭克爾的反向法則這個概念，當一個人找不到深刻的快樂時，他們會用意義來分散自己的注意力。

I see in a lot of my friends that they became serious about pursuits and found that meaning was easier to attain than happiness, was that working work was easier than play.

我看到我很多朋友變得認真投入追求，發現意義比快樂更容易獲得，工作比玩樂更容易。

Actually, there's this idea I think about the ancient Greek word for work was translated as not at leisure.

其實，我認為古希臘語中「工作」這個詞被翻譯成「非閒暇」。

So leisure was the set point and work was the aberration.

所以閒暇是常態，工作是例外。

And the people who are ruled by Frankl's inverse law see the opposite.

而那些受法蘭克爾反向法則支配的人，看到的卻是相反的情況。

They see work as the set point and leisure as the aberration.

他們視工作為常態，閒暇為異常。

And again, like letting go of this, like, fuck, like I want to build the life that I want.

然後，又像放手一樣，媽的，像是我想建立我想要的生活。

I want to get out of the country or the fucking culture or the wealth bracket that I've been born into, or that I fell into, or that I stumbled backward into.

我想擺脫我出生的國家、該死文化，或是我的財富階級，或者我掉進去、甚至跌跌撞撞進去的那些。

I have to create this special kind of monster inside of me in order to be able to do that.

我必須在我內心創造一種特別的怪物，才能做到這點。

But if you never let go of it, you end up it's like a dose response curve thing, right?

但如果你從來不放手，你最終會…這就像劑量反應曲線一樣，對吧？

This kind of an interesting idea from medicine.

這是醫學上一個很有趣的概念。

Some, maybe most drugs have a dose response curve.

有些，或許大部分的藥物都有劑量反應曲線。

You can see it's kind of a a you like that too little and not much happens the right amount and something happens too much and something bad happens.

你可以看到，有點像，你給太少，什麼事都沒發生；給對的量，事情就發生了；給太多，就會發生不好的事。

Like the ensuring that if you don't work hard enough, things in your life will not go well.

就像確保如果你不夠努力工作，你生活中的事情就不會順利。

If you work too hard, things in your life will not go well.

如果你太努力工作，你生活中的事情就不會順利。

If you work just about the right amount, things in your life will probably go great.

如果你工作量剛剛好，你生活中的事情大概都會很順利。

And working out where that line is is the task of the perennial overthinker.

而要找出這個界線在哪裡，就是那些總是想太多的人的任務。

The insecure overachiever has to always be asking the question, do I need to put my foot on the gas?

不安全感重的過度追求成就者，總是得問自己，我需要踩油門嗎？

And if you find yourself regularly outworking all of the people around you and then not choosing to do it, I think that maybe you should consider just lifting that foot off a little bit before we continue.

如果你發現自己經常比身邊的人都還努力工作，然後又選擇不這麼做，我認為或許我們應該考慮稍微放開一點油門，再繼續。

I've been drinking AG1 every day for years now because it's the simplest way that I found to cover my bases and not overthink nutrition.

我已經喝了幾年的 AG1 了，因為我發現這是最簡單的方法，可以讓我顧好身體，不用過度思考營養問題。

And that is why I've partnered with them.

One scoop gives you 75 vitamins, minerals, probiotics and whole food ingredients in a single drink.

一匙就能讓你喝到 75 種維生素、礦物質、益生菌和全食物成分。

And now they've taken it Even further with AG1 next gen, the same one scoop once a day ritual, but

現在他們又推出了 AG1 下一代，一樣是一匙、一天一次的習慣，但

this time backed by four clinical trials.

In those trials, it was shown to fill common nutrient gaps, improve key nutrient levels in just three months, and

在這些試驗中，它被證實在短短三個月內就能填補常見的營養空缺，改善關鍵營養素的水準，並且

increase healthy gut bacteria by 10 times.

Even in people who already eat well, they've upgraded the formula with better probiotics, more bioavailable nutrients and clinical validation.

即使是飲食習慣良好的人，他們也升級了配方，加入了更好的益生菌、更多生物利用的營養素，並有臨床驗證。

And it's still NSF certified for sport, meaning that even Olympic athletes can use it.

而且它仍然是 NSF 運動認證的，這表示連奧運選手都可以使用。

Plus, if I ever actually found something better, I would switch.

另外，如果我真的找到更好的東西，我會換掉。

But I haven't, which is why I still use it every day.

但我沒有，這就是為什麼我每天都還在使用它。

And if you're on the fence, they've got a 90 day money back guarantee.

如果你還在猶豫，他們提供九十天的退款保證。

Buy it and try it and if you don't love it, they will give you your money back.

買了試試看，如果你不喜歡，他們會退錢給你。

Right now you can get a free bottle of vitamin D3K two free AG1 travel packs, a welcome kit, and

現在你可以獲得一瓶免費的維生素 D3K2，兩個免費的 AG1 旅行包，一個歡迎禮包，還有

that 90 day money back guarantee by going to the link in the description below or heading to drinkag1.com modernwisdom that's drinkag1.com ModernWisdom Congratulations for making it to the end of a clip.

透過下方說明欄的連結，或是前往 drinkag1.com/modernwisdom，就能享有這九十天的退款保證，drinkag1.com/ModernWisdom，恭喜你看到這裡。

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你的職業道德其實是應對機制？！ (Your Work Ethic is a Coping Mechanism)

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