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The science of personality and the art of well-being with Brian Little

2023/7/11
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Brian Little: 本期节目深入探讨了个人项目对幸福感的影响。个人项目涵盖了生活的方方面面,从琐碎的日常事务到宏大的生命目标。他认为,幸福感并非取决于单一目标的实现,而是取决于对多个核心项目的持续追求。这些项目需要兼顾意义和可控性,并与他人的联系紧密。此外,积极的情绪体验和有效的压力管理也至关重要。他强调了项目之间的相互影响,即使是令人愉悦的项目,如果对其他核心项目产生负面影响,也可能成为负担。 Brian Little 还探讨了性格特质与行为的关系。他认为,内向外向并非一成不变,人们会在特定场合表现出与自身性格特征不符的行为。这种“违背性格行事”的行为,其成本和可持续性取决于行为的自主性。自主选择的行为比被迫的行为更易于坚持,并且在违背性格行事后,人们需要找到合适的恢复性行为来平衡身心状态。 Brian Little 的研究表明,个人项目对幸福感的影响是多维度的,需要综合考虑意义、可控性、人际关系、积极情绪和消极情绪等因素。 Adam Grant: Adam Grant 与 Brian Little 的对话中,他分享了自己在大学期间运用个人项目分析方法进行研究的经历,并结合自身经验阐述了个人项目对幸福感的影响。他指出,即使是充满意义和可控性的项目,如果对其他核心项目产生负面影响,也可能成为负担。他以自己放弃跳水这项热爱的运动为例,说明了项目之间的相互影响以及在平衡个人目标和整体生活之间的重要性。 Adam Grant 还与 Brian Little 探讨了性格特质、原则和项目之间的关系,以及“违背性格行事”的意义和代价。他认为,为了坚持原则,人们有时需要做出与自身性格特征不符的行为。这种行为的成本和可持续性取决于行为的自主性。自主选择的行为比被迫的行为更易于坚持,并且在违背性格行事后,人们需要找到合适的恢复性行为来平衡身心状态。

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Brian Little and Adam Grant discuss how personal projects shape our well-being, emphasizing the importance of these projects in defining our happiness and life direction.

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Award-winning researcher and pioneering psychologist Brian Little has plenty of accomplishments under his belt. He’s the author of the bestselling books “Me, Myself, and Us” and “Who Are You, Really?” His TED Talk on the science of personality has tens of millions of views and he’s been elected a Favorite Professor multiple times at Harvard. And he’s also Adam’s favorite psychologist – and personal mentor. Brian and Adam talk about how our personal projects shape our well-being, the nuances of introversion and extraversion, when it makes sense to act out of character, and what our daily pursuits reveal about us. Transcripts for ReThinking are available at go.ted.com/RWAGscripts