如何实现新年目标,心理学家给你答案
How to keep your New Year's resolutions, according to science
Learn Spanish? Finally quit smoking? Become a better cook? Whatever you've decided to achieve next year, you know all too well that you're probably going to fail, and that list of beautiful, aspirational goals is staying unfulfilled. Sorry.
想要学好西班牙语？下定决心彻底戒烟？希望厨艺有所进步？不管来年的目标是什么,你再清楚不过了,这些目标很可能都不会实现.那一个个怀揣着美好希望和满腔斗志的目标终究还是"目标",无法实现.多么遗憾！
For this very reason some people forgo making any resolutions altogether, so we're here to help - this year you might actually have a chance, with help from a few tricks of the mind.
正因如此,一些人干脆打消了制定目标的念头.但不用着急,本文会和大家分享几个"小窍门",让实现目标成为可能.
British psychologist Richard Wiseman has done several surveys on willpower - in 2007 he tracked the success of 3,000 people's New Year's resolutions, only to find that a mere 12 percent of them managed to achieve what they had set out to do. He looked into what the successful people were doing differently, and, based on their experience, devised a list of tips for others who want to stop failing miserably.
英国心理学家理查德·怀斯曼做过很多关于意志力的调查.2007年,他对3000人进行了追踪调查,统计他们新年目标的实现情况,结果仅有12%的人完成了自己之前制定的目标.他又对成功实现目标的人做了进一步调查,发现了一些与众不同的方法,最后他通过实验得出了几条建议,来帮助那些一度无法实现目标的人.
Before we get into the list, it turns out the number one thing to stop relying on is your own willpower - that's basically the worst approach to keeping a resolution, and is the reason why so many of us never start exercising more, continue eating all that fried chicken, and still can't speak a word of French.
在学习这些"窍门"之前,你要意识到无法实现目标的"罪魁祸首"就是依赖于意志力,这可以说是最差劲的办法.想想你为什么无法加强锻炼,无法抗拒炸鸡的诱惑,无法说出一句法语,症结就在于此吧.
What should you be doing instead? As Wiseman explained on his blog back in 2013, your goals should be small and manageable, you should document your success, tell others about your intentions, and, importantly, not beat yourself up for failing. Here's the complete list of Wiseman's advice:
