We're finding it's not necessarily the reality that shapes us, but the lens through which your brain views the world that shapes your reality. And if we can change the lens, not only can we change your happiness, we can change every single educational and business outcome at the same time.
我們發現並不一定是現實塑造我們，而是我們大腦用來看世界的那個角度塑造現實世界。如果我們換個角度，我們不僅可以改變自己的快樂程度，同時還能改變每一個教育或者商業成果。
Because what that question assumes is that our external world is predictive of our happiness levels, when in reality, if I know everything about your external world, I can only predict 10% of your long-term happiness. 90 percent of your long-term happiness is predicted not by the external world, but by the way your brain processes the world. And if we change it, if we change our formula for happiness and success, we can change the way that we can then affect reality.
因為這個問題假設通過外部條件是可以預測我們的快樂程度的。但實際上，如果我了解你所有的外部條件，我只能預測你長期快樂程度的10%。 剩下的90% 都不是靠外部條件可以預測的，而是取決於你的大腦如何理解這個世界。
And I found that most companies and schools follow a formula for success, which is this: If I work harder, I'll be more successful. And if I'm more successful, then I'll be happier. That undergirds most of our parenting and managing styles, the way that we motivate our behavior.
我發現大部分公司和學校有這樣一個成功的準則，如果我更努力，我就會更成功；如果我更成功，我就會更快樂。這符合我們大多數父母的教育方式，以及公司的管理方式，也符合我們行為激勵的原則。
But our brains work in the opposite order. If you can raise somebody's level of positivity in the present, then their brain experiences what we now call a happiness advantage, which is your brain at positive performs significantly better than at negative, neutral or stressed. Your intelligence rises, your creativity rises, your energy levels rise.
但真正的問題是我們的大腦卻在相反的方向運行。如果你現在可以提高某個人的積極心理程度，那麼他的大腦就會經歷我們稱為快樂優勢論的過程。這時你的大腦在積極時表現明顯優於它在消極、中立或者沮喪時的表現。你的智商提高、創造力提高、精力也提高了。
We've found there are ways that you can train your brain to be able to become more positive. In just a two-minute span of time done for 21 days in a row, we can actually rewire your brain, allowing your brain to actually work more optimistically and more successfully.
我們發現你可以通過訓練自己的大腦來使自己變得更加積極。進行一個連續21天，每天花兩分鐘時間的訓練， 我們就可以重塑大腦，使大腦變得更積極、腦力活動變得更高效。