Be optimistic
要乐观
For happy people, the glass is always half-full. If your tendency is to imagine the very worst-case scenario every time you face a challenge,
then train yourself to reverse that tendency. Ask yourself what good can come out of the situation or what you can learn from it. Optimism surely fuels success and happiness.
对于开心的人来说，玻璃水杯一直是半满的。每当你面对一个挑战时，如果你倾向于想象最坏的想法，那就自我转换这种情况。告诉你自己一个状况中的好处或者你从中学到的东西。乐观肯定能驱动成功和幸福感。
Create deeper connections
学会深交
Our happiness multiplies when we connect and bond with another human being on a deeper level. And being fully present and listening are two of the most important skills to strengthening that bond and bringing happiness to ourselves, and to others.
我们的幸福感会在和另一个人的交往中不断猛增。专注聆听是加强这种关系纽带和把幸福感带给自己和别人的两个最重要的方面。
Don’t give up.
不要放弃
Unfinished projects and repeated defeats inevitably dampen one’s self-esteem. If you’ve made up your mind to do something,
see it through. Don’t give up until you succeed. Remember, failure is temporary but defeat is permanent. And defeat only occurs when you give up.
没有完成的方案和不断的失败不可避免会削弱你的自尊。如果你决定做某事，做完它。在成功之前都不要放弃。
要记住，失败是暂时的，打败的永存的。只有当你放弃的时候，你才会被打败。
Keep your agreement
守承诺
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.
我们的自尊是建立在我们对自己守承诺的情况下。高度的自尊和幸福感有直接关联。所以要对自己和别人遵守承诺。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，上过8次冥想训练的人要比控制狂多开心20%。
这样的训练可以导致大脑结构变化，包括海马体黑色物质的密度，其对学习和记忆很重要，在结构上和自我意识，同情心和反省。
Focus on what you’re doing
关注你在做的事情
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!
当你全身心投入一件事的时候，你就会处于一个开心的状态。当我们处于这种状态，你就不大会关心别人对你怎么看，不大会被不大重要的事情干扰。结果呢？更幸福。
每天一分钟，进步一点点，相信积累的力量！
Constant dripping wears away a stone.
滴水可以穿石。只要工夫深， 铁杵磨成针。
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