中英美文｜來自哈佛大學的12個人生建議（下）

守承諾

Our self-esteem is built on the agreements we』ve made with ourselves. And high self-esteem has a direct correlation to happiness. So keep your agreements with others and with yourself. Do what you say you』re going to do.

我們的自尊是建立在我們對自己守承諾的情況下。高度的自尊和幸福感有直接關聯。所以要對自己和別人遵守承諾。言出必行。

Meditate

冥想

According to Harvard, people who take 8 sessions of mindfulness meditation training are, on average, 20% happier than a control group.

Such training can lead to structural brain changes including increased grey-matter density in the hippocampus, known to be important for learning and memory, and in structures associated with self-awareness, compassion and introspection.

平均上，上過8次冥想訓練的人要比控制狂多開心20%。

這樣的訓練可以導致大腦結構變化，包括海馬體黑色物質的密度，其對學習和記憶很重要，在結構上和自我意識，同情心和反省。

Focus on what you』re doing

關注你在做的事情

When you put your mind, heart and soul into what you』re doing, you』re creating a happiness state – called the 「flow.」

When you』re living in the flow, you』re less likely to care about what others may think of you, and less bothered by things that are not that important. The result? More happiness, of course!

當你全身心投入一件事的時候，你就會處於一個開心的狀態。當我們處於這種狀態，你就不大會關心別人對你怎麼看，不大會被不大重要的事情干擾。結果呢？更幸福。