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Positive Psychology, 1.18 (V) Try This At Home - Building the Skill of Gratitude

1.18 (V) Try This At Home - Building the Skill of Gratitude

[MUSIC] So, here is one I'd like each of you to do. It has robust effects. I started doing it 15 years ago and I'm still doing it. It's very good for nimbus clouds. Here's the assignment: Tonight and every night for the next seven days, before you go to sleep, write down three things that went well today and why they went well. They don't have to be big things. They could be things like you had a terrific Caesar salad at dinner or you saw a beautiful sunset or you listened to a good lecture. So, write down three of those things that went well today and why they went well. That's all there is to it. Now, it turns out that a couple of remarkable things happened with this exercise. First, six months later when you measure people, people who start this exercise have more life satisfaction and markedly less depression. So that's the first part. The second part, very important, it's addictive. One of the problems about psychology as usual, about dieting, about cognitive therapy and the like, is it's just no fun to diet. So, after you lose the first 10 or 15 pounds which anyone can do by following any diet on the best seller list- I did the watermelon diet and I lost 20 pounds in three weeks, I had diarrhea for three weeks,- But, the problem is you stop eating watermelon. You stop doing it because it's no fun. Now, the interesting thing about the three blessings exercise is, it's fun to do. Turns out, it's fun before you go to sleep. Rather than thinking about the argument you had with the dean, or thinking about where you're going to put the rosebush you just got in the mail, it takes you into a nicer sleep, and importantly, it's so addictive that people keep doing it. Unlike dieting, it's continual fun to do. And so, 15 years later, before I go to sleep, I go out of my way to think of the best things that happened to me to crowd out all the little aversive stuff that our toothache of a mind wants us to do. So importantly, positive psychology interventions are addictive and they've been through a gold standard, that is, random assignment, placebo, control testing. So, if I ask you to remember three childhood memories before you go to sleep, that has no affect compared to remembering three things that went well. So, that's one intervention that is easy to do and remarkably effective.


1.18 (V) Try This At Home - Building the Skill of Gratitude

[MUSIC] So, here is one I'd like each of you to do. [MUSIC]だから、ここで皆さんにお願いしたいことがあります。 It has robust effects. 堅牢な効果があります。 I started doing it 15 years ago and I'm still doing it. 私は15年前にそれを始めましたが、私はまだそれをやっています。 It's very good for nimbus clouds. ニンバス雲に非常に適しています。 Here's the assignment: Tonight and every night for the next seven days, before you go to sleep, write down three things that went well today and why they went well. 割り当ては次のとおりです。今夜、そして次の7日間の毎晩、寝る前に、今日うまくいった3つのことと、うまくいった理由を書き留めてください。 They don't have to be big things. 大きなものである必要はありません。 They could be things like you had a terrific Caesar salad at dinner or you saw a beautiful sunset or you listened to a good lecture. 夕食時に素晴らしいシーザーサラダを食べたり、美しい夕日を見たり、良い講義を聞いたりしたようなものかもしれません。 So, write down three of those things that went well today and why they went well. それで、今日うまくいったそれらの3つとそれらがうまくいった理由を書き留めてください。 That's all there is to it. これですべてです。 Now, it turns out that a couple of remarkable things happened with this exercise. さて、この演習でいくつかの驚くべきことが起こったことがわかりました。 First, six months later when you measure people, people who start this exercise have more life satisfaction and markedly less depression. 最初に、6か月後に人々を測定すると、この運動を開始した人々は人生の満足度が高くなり、うつ病が著しく減少します。 So that's the first part. それが最初の部分です。 The second part, very important, it's addictive. 2番目の部分は非常に重要で、中毒性があります。 One of the problems about psychology as usual, about dieting, about cognitive therapy and the like, is it's just no fun to diet. いつものように心理学、ダイエット、認知療法などに関する問題の1つは、ダイエットするのが面白くないということです。 So, after you lose the first 10 or 15 pounds which anyone can do by following any diet on the best seller list- I did the watermelon diet and I lost 20 pounds in three weeks, I had diarrhea for three weeks,- But, the problem is you stop eating watermelon. だから、ベストセラーリストのダイエットに従えば誰でもできる最初の10または15ポンドを失った後-私はスイカダイエットをし、3週間で20ポンドを失った、私は3週間下痢をした-しかし、問題は、スイカを食べるのをやめることです。 You stop doing it because it's no fun. 面白くないのでやめましょう。 Now, the interesting thing about the three blessings exercise is, it's fun to do. さて、3つの祝福のエクササイズについての興味深いことは、それは楽しいことです。 Turns out, it's fun before you go to sleep. 結局のところ、寝る前に楽しいです。 Rather than thinking about the argument you had with the dean, or thinking about where you're going to put the rosebush you just got in the mail, it takes you into a nicer sleep, and importantly, it's so addictive that people keep doing it. 学部長との議論について考えたり、メールのどこにバラの木を入れようと考えているかを考えるよりも、より良い眠りにつくことができます。 。 Unlike dieting, it's continual fun to do. ダイエットとは異なり、やることは常に楽しいです。 And so, 15 years later, before I go to sleep, I go out of my way to think of the best things that happened to me to crowd out all the little aversive stuff that our toothache of a mind wants us to do. それで、15年後、寝る前に、心の歯痛が私たちに望んでいるすべての小さな嫌悪的なものを群集するために私に起こった最高のことを考えるために邪魔になります。 So importantly, positive psychology interventions are addictive and they've been through a gold standard, that is, random assignment, placebo, control testing. 非常に重要なことは、肯定的な心理学的介入は中毒性があり、ゴールドスタンダード、つまりランダム割り当て、プラセボ、コントロールテストを経ていることです。 So, if I ask you to remember three childhood memories before you go to sleep, that has no affect compared to remembering three things that went well. ですから、寝る前に3つの子供時代の思い出を思い出してほしいと頼んだとしても、うまくいった3つのことを思い出すことに比べて何の影響もありません。 So, that's one intervention that is easy to do and remarkably effective. それで、それは簡単で、非常に効果的な1つの介入です。