Don’t ruminate—rewire
对事勿反刍 而要切换思路
The creation of solid confidence isn’t just a brain game. It comes from work and risk and experiences that give us the proof we can keep doing more. Still, our brains don’t do us any favors when it comes to confidence. They need to be trained, because they get in the way, big time. We spend a lot of time thinking, ruminating, and dwelling on problems and things that might go wrong. Even brilliant brain experts fall victim to the habit. Laura Ann Pettito, a renowned neuroscientist who is one of the top in her field, who runs a prestigious laboratory supported by Gallaudet University and the NIH, had a debilitating mental habit. She would sit on the bus on the way home each day going over a long list of her failings. It was her mental default mode. But all of the emerging research into the power of brain plasticity convinced her she could and should rewire. Now she forces herself, as she starts her journey home, to focus on three things she did well. Usually, after that, the negative assessments are kept at bay. And she’s found her mindset is more open to new challenges and risks.
树立坚实的信心并非只是个脑力活。坚实的信心源于努力,源于冒险,源于经验,源于这些证明我们可以走的更远的东西。而且,我们的大脑对于如何树立信心方面也根本给不了我们什么帮助。在树立信心方面他们常常碍事儿,所以他们需要长时间训练。我们花很多时间思考,反刍,并驻足于那些可能出错的问题和事情上,这样的习惯甚至会使杰出的大脑专家也成为受害者/甚至连杰出的大脑专家也会深受其害。劳拉·安·佩蒂托,一位著名的业内顶尖神经科学家,并运营着一个由加劳德特大学和NIH共同出资设立的极富盛名的实验室,她便是被一个心理习惯所困扰着。在每天回家坐公交车的路上,她都会细数脑中关于自己的一大串失败。这就是她的思维定式。但是所有的关于大脑可塑性能力的新兴研究都使她相信,她可以且应当换一种思维模式进行思考了。现在她迫使自己在回家路上只关注做的不错的三件事。之后通常她能远离负面评估,而且能以更开放的心态对待新的挑战和任务了。
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