scientists change the answer to how fast does the average child learn how to read in that

科學家所找到的答案將是那個班級裡所有小朋友的平均值

classroom and then we tailor the class right towards the average. And what I posit and

然後我們會調整方法使全班更接近平均。而我和

what positive psychology posits, is that if we study what is merely average, we will remain

正向心理學所斷定的是，如果僅僅研究平均值，那我們將會

merely average. Maybe we can glean information, not just how to move people up to the average,

就只是停留在那個平均水平。也許我們可以收集一些資料，不僅是瞭解如何達到平均值

but how we can move the entire average up- at our companies and schools worldwide. What

更是研究如何提升整體的平均值 ─ 無論在世界何處的公司或學校裡

we're finding is it's not necessarily the reality that shapes us, but the lens through

我們所發現的是，事實不一定能引導改變我們，反而是大腦

which your brain views your world that shapes your reality, and if we can change the lens,

看待世界的方式會形塑你所得的事實。如果改變大腦的處理模式

not only can we change your happiness, we can change every single education and business

不僅可以影響你的幸福狀態，更可以同時改變每一個教育或業務的成果

outcome at the same time. 90% of your long term happiness is predicted not by the external

長期的幸福狀態有90%不是取決於外在的世界

world, but by the way your brain processes the world. What we found is that only 25%

而是你的大腦如何處理看待這個世界。我們發現了智商只能

of job successes are predicted by IQ. 75% of Job successes are predicted by your optimism

預測25%的成功職涯。剩下的75%取決於你的樂觀程度、

levels, your social support and your ability to see stress as a challenge instead of a

你的社會資源和你將壓力轉化為挑戰的能力，而非視其為威脅

threat. Here's how we get to health: we need to reverse the formula for happiness and success.

告訴你如何達到健康：我們必須要逆轉所謂的幸福和成功的公式

Most companies and schools follow a formula for success which is this: If I work harder,

大部分的公司或學校遵從一個成功的模式：如果我更努力工作

I'll be more successful and if I'm more successful then I'll be happier. First, every time your

我會更成功，而如果我更成功，我就可以更快樂。

brain has a success, you just change the goal post for what success looks like - you got

每一次你的大腦取得成就，你就會重新定義你的成功

good grades, now you have to get better grades, you got into a good school now you have to

你有了好的成績，現在你必須去得到更好的成績。你進到了一間好學校

get into a better school. And if happiness is on the opposite side of success, your brain

現在你必須進入一個更好的學校。如果幸福和成功是對立的兩端

never gets there. And that's because we think we have to be successful then we'll be happier.

你的大腦永遠無法獲得幸福。而這就是因為我們認為必須要成功才能幸福

If you can raise somebody's level of positivity in the present, then their brain experiences

如果你可以提升某個人的積極性，他的大腦將可以感受到

what we call a happiness advantage. Which is your brain at positive, performs significantly

我們所謂的幸福優勢。就是積極正向的想法會使你表現更好

better than does negative neutral stress. Your brain at positive is 31% more

勝於那些負面、中性或壓抑的想法

productive than your brain at negative, neutral or stressed. You're 37% better at sales. If

比起負面、中性或壓抑的想法，積極可以讓你多得到31%的產出。銷售量可以提高37%

we can find a way to becoming positive in the present, then our brains work even more

如果現在可以找到使我們正向積極的方法，大腦可以更成功地運作

successfully. Because dopamine, which floods into your system when you're positive has

因為在積極正向時釋放到大腦的多巴胺

2 functions: Not only does it make you happier, it turns on all the learning centers in your

有兩個功能：它不僅會讓你覺得更快樂，也會啟動大腦內的所有學習中樞

brain. We found that there are ways you can train your brain to be able to become more

我們發現了一些訓練大腦更積極正面的方法

positive. We've done these things and research now, and every single company that I've worked

我們現在已經做了一些事情、完成研究，而每一個我有參與的公司

with: Getting them to write down 3 new things that they're grateful for for 21 days in a

都讓他們每天去寫下3個讓他們感激的新事物，連續21天

row: Their brain starts to retain a pattern of scanning the world not for the negative,

他們的大腦開始保持著優先搜尋掃描正向美好事物的模式

but for the positive first. Exercise teaches your brain that your behavior matters. Journaling

而那些非負面的。運動會教導你的大腦你的行為很重要

about one positive experience you've had in the past 24 hours allows your brain to relive

每日一正向體驗之日誌可以讓你的大腦不斷重溫這種感受

it. We find that meditation allows your brain to get over the cultural ADHD that we've been

我們發現冥想可以讓你的大腦克服文化多動症

creating by trying to do multiple tasks at once. And finally random acts of kindness

這種你想要同一時間做很多事的症狀。最後你的良善行為

are conscious acts of kindness - we get people, when they open up their inbox to write one

會讓你對良善更有感覺。我們邀請一些人打開他們的信箱

positive email praising or thanking someone in their social support network. By doing

寫一封正面的電子郵件來讚美或感謝他們社會人際網絡裡的某個人

these activities, what we found is that we can reverse the formula for happiness and

藉由這些行動，我們發現我們可以逆轉幸福和成功的公式

success and then doing so create a real revolution.

然後達到真正的幸福革命