Unit6HappinessTheSecretsofLivingRich富裕生活的秘诀PaulMckenna保罗·麦肯锡Forthepast33years,Ihavelookedinthemirroreverymorningandaskedmyself:'Iftodaywerethelastdayofmylife,wouldIwanttodowhatIamabouttodotoday?'Andwhenevertheanswerhasbeen'No'fortoomanydaysinarow,IknowIneedtochangesomething.—SteveJobs,billionairefounderofAppleComputers在过去的33年中,我每天早晨都会对着镜子问自己:“如果今天是生命中的最后一天,你还会去做你今天要去做的事情吗?”当连续几天我得到的答案都是否定的时候,我知道该对自己生活做些改变了。—史蒂夫?乔布斯—亿万富翁,苹果电脑公司的创建者(1)InafascinatingstudydoneattheUniversityofLondon,ateamofresearchersdevelopedahappinessscale,designedtomeasurepeople'srelativesenseofwell-beingfrommomenttomoment.Theythendevisedaformulatocalculatehowmuchextramoneytheaveragepersonwouldhavetoearneveryyeartogetthesamelevelofhappinessastheywouldfromthesimplepleasuresofarichlife.(1)伦敦大学进行了一项非常有趣的研究。此项研究的课题组研发了一个幸福度量表。这个幸福度量表的目的是为了测量人们每时每刻相对的幸福感。之后,他们又设计出了一个公式,用来计算一般人每年要多赚多少钱才能获得从富有生活中所获得的幸福感。(2)Forinstance,havinganactivesociallifebroughttheequivalentsatisfactionofa£63,844annualsalaryincrease,whilelivingwithalovedonewasfoundtobringthesameamountofsatisfactionasbeinggivenan£82,500annualpayrise.Goodhealthwasfoundtobethemostvaluableaspectofwell-being—havingacleanbillofhealthwasequatedtoa£304,000-a-yearpayrise!(2)例如,从丰富的社会生活所获得的满足感与每年增加63844英镑的收入所带来的满足感相同,与心爱的人生活在一起所获得的幸福感与年薪增加82500英镑带来的幸福感相同。而良好的健康状况则是幸福感中最有价值的,拥有一个“健康证明书”相当于年薪增加304000英镑的满足度。(3)Yet,forallthis,moneystillcan'tbuyhappiness.Asasocietywearebetterpaid,fed,educatedandhousedthaneverbeforeinhistory,yetsincethe1950swehavebecomelessandlesshappy.Statisticsshowtherehasneverbeensomuchdepressionintheworldasthereisrightnow.(3)尽管如此,金钱还是买不到幸福。比起以前,我们收入更高、吃的更好、受到更好的教育、有更好的住房,但是自二十世纪五十年代起我们却越来越不如以前幸福了。据统计,世界上从未像现在这样有这么多的抑郁症患者。(4)Thereasonsforthismaysurpriseyou—wealthdysmorphia.OvertheyearsIhaveworkedwithmanypeoplewhohavebodydysmorphia,aconditionwherepeopledistorttheirviewofthemselvestosuchadegreethattheycannotbeartolookinthemirrorbecausetheybelievethemselvestobehideouslyugly.(4)造成这种状况的原因会让你非常诧异——财富畸形症:多年来,我一直致力于调查那些身体畸形患者。身体畸形症是一种病症,即扭曲对自己身体缺陷的看法,这种扭曲达到了无法忍受照镜子的程度。他们认为自己的身体的某部分极其丑陋,丑陋得不敢自视。(5)Thishasnothingtodowithhowsomeonereallylooks—itisaninternalfilterthatsearchesforeverythingthatiswronganblocksouteverythingthatisright.Sosomeonewiththisconditionwillfocusuponsometinyaspectoftheirappearancethattheydon’tlike—sayawrinkleorafoldofskin—totheexclusionofeverythingelse.(5)其实,这与他们的身体外观并没有任何关系。而是因为他们身体内部好像有一个过滤器,过滤掉一切好的方面,却保留了不好的方面。因此,这些人会把注意力集中在外表上他们自己不喜欢的微小的缺陷。比如说,总是关注自己脸上的皱纹或皮肤上褶皱,却忽视自身其他优点。(6)What'sinterestingishowmanypeopledothesamethingwithmoney—theyfilteroutalltheareasoftheirlifewheretheyarealreadyrichandfocusonwhat'smissingfromtheirlivesinstead.(6)有趣的是,很多人对待财富采取同样的态度--—他们忽略掉所有他们已经很富有的生活方面,却把精力集中在他们生活中缺失的方面。(7)AnexerciseIoftendowithmyclientsistoaskthemtoimaginethat,forwhateverreason,moneyisnolongeranissueintheirlives.Withintherealmsofphysicalreality,theyarefreetopursuewhatevertheywanttobe,doorhave.(7)我经常与我的客户做一个练习,要求他们想象不管是由于什么原因,在他们的生活中,钱对他们来说已不再是一个问题。在他们身体状况允许的情况下,他们可以自由地追求任何他们想要的,去做他们想做的任何事情,拥有他们想拥有的任何事物。(8)Ithenaskthemtomaketwolists.Thefirstlistofallthethingstheywouldchange;thesecondisofeverythingtheycanthinkofthatwouldstaythesame.Whatisremarkableishowlittlemostpeoplewouldstaythesame.Whatisremarkableishowlittlemostpeoplewouldactuallychangetheirlivesiftheyhadmoremoney.(8)然后,我要求他们列两份清单。第一份清单:列出他们有了钱以后将会改变的所有事物。第二份清单:列出他们有了钱以后仍会保持不变的事情。结果令人惊讶,没有多少人在有了更多的钱以后,会去改变他们原有的生活。(9)Sure,theymightswitchjobs,takemoreholidays,getanicercarormovetoalargerhouse—buttheywouldn’tdumptheirfriends,stopvisitingtheirfavoriterestaurants,watchdifferentmoviesorlaughatdifferentthings.(9)当然,他们可能会换个工作,有更多的假期,买更好的车或住更大的房子,但他们不会抛弃他们的朋友,他们还会去他们最喜欢的餐厅吃饭。他们不会去看原来就不喜欢看的电影,不会对原来就不感到可笑事物发笑。(10)Here’sthepayoff:Everythingyouwouldn’tchangeifyouhadmoremoneyisanareaofyourlifewhereyouarealreadylivingrich!(10)调查的结果如下:当你有了更多的钱却不去改变你生活中的方方面面,就说明你已经生活得很富足了。(11)Trueandlastinghappinessneverisandneverwillbetheresultofhowmuchmoneyyouhaveinthebank—it'stheproductoflivingaliferichinvalue,meaningandpurpose.That'swhybeinghappyandlivingrichareexperiencesyoucanbegintocultivatenow,regardlessofhowmuchorhowlittlemoneyyouarealreadymaking.(11)真正、持久的幸福绝不会依存于你的银行存款数目。真正的幸福应该是过一种有价值、有意义、有目的的生活。所以,富有的生活其实是一种体验,无论你赚的钱是多还是少,你都可以在任何时候开始追求这种体验。(12)Themoreyoufocusonthoseareaswhereyouarealreadyrich,themoreyouwillrealizehowwealthyyoualreadyare.Therearemanywaysinwhichyouarealreadyasrichasthewealthiestbillionaireontheplanet.Forexample:●Anytimeyouhaveagoodnight’ssleep,youare“sleepingrich”.Abillionairemaybeabletobuyamoreexpensivemattress,buttheycan’tbuythemselvesamorerestfulnight.●Anytimeyougointoarestaurantandcanorderanythingonthemenu,youarehavingtheexactsameexperienceofpossibilityandabundanceasthewealthiestmanorwomanalive.●Anytimeyouwalkdownabeachorlookupatasunset,youareexperiencingthesamebeautyandsplendorasthemostfinanciallywell-offpersonintheworld.(12)你越是把注意力集中在那些让你已感到富足的方面,你就越会意识到你现在其实已经很富有。事实上,在很多方面你已经跟我们这个星球上最富有的亿万富翁有同样的财富。例如:●每当你睡了一个好觉,你拥有睡眠财富。一个亿万富翁可以购买更昂贵的床垫,但他们买不来一个更恬静的睡眠。●每当你走进餐厅,点菜用餐时,你有可能和最富有的男人或女人拥有完全一样的经历。●每当你走在海滩上或看夕阳,你将和经济上富裕的人欣赏着同样的美丽的景色。(13)Intheirbo