【发刊词原声】Dr.Shahar：Welcome to The Happiness Journey course

Hello,my name is Tal Ben-Shahar. I’m a teacher and student of Happiness. I createdthe Happiness Journey Course in order to help you become happier, and in orderto help you help others become happier. Why is happiness so important? Well,the first thing is that it feels Good to feel good. We all want to be happy inour lives. We all want to lead a more meaningful and fulfilling existence. Wealso want those we love, those We care about to be happier.

大家好，我是泰勒·本·沙哈尔，我是幸福研究领域的一名老师，同时我也是这个领域的一名学习者。我开设这门幸福课的目的，就是为了帮助你们变得更幸福，同时也能让你们进一步帮助身边的人获得幸福。幸福感为什么如此重要呢？首先，感受幸福，是一种很好的体验。我们都希望自己能够拥有幸福的生活，我们也希望自己能够拥有更加有意义、更加充实的人生。不仅如此，我们还希望我们爱的人也都能更加幸福。

There’sanother reason why happiness is important, beyond the fact that it feels goodto feel good, and that is that happiness contributes to success. You see,there’s an common misconception today that success leads to happiness. In otherwords, if we get a promotion at work or if we achieve a goal that we setourselves, we will become happier. Well, that’s true but only in parts. Yes itwill lead to more happiness, but only in the short-term. Very quickly after weexperience the high, we go back to where we were before. The path to happinessis not through success.

但是，幸福除了能够让我们的生活更加快乐之外，幸福还能够让我们获得成功。要知道，我们常常有一个误解，那就是成功能够带来幸福。我们总认为，如果我们在工作中获得了晋升，或者我们达成了自己设定的目标，那么我们就会更加幸福。虽然这种说法有一定道理，但是却有点片面了。成功确实能够为我们带来幸福，但是这样的幸福感是短暂的，当我们经历过了成功至高点的快乐，我们很快便又会回到原来的状态。所以成功，并不能使得我们获得幸福。

Nowdoes this mean that there’s no relationship between success and happiness? No,there is , and a very strong relationship, but it’s not that success leads tohappiness, but rather the opposite. Happiness leads to success. If you increaselevels of well-being, even by a little bit, you will enjoy more creativity andinnovation. you will enjoy better relationships at work and at home. You willbe more engaged, more productive, more successful overall.

但是，这是不是就意味着成功和幸福之间毫无关联呢？并不是这样的，事实上，这两者之间有着非常重要的联系，但是并不是成功能使我们收获幸福，恰恰相反，而是幸福能够使我们收获成功。如果你能够提升自己的幸福感，就算只提高了一点，你也能够因此获得更强的创造力和创新能力，你还可以在工作和生活中都拥有更好的人际关系，你会更加投入、更加高效，从而在整体上更加成功。

TheHappiness Journey Course is about increasing your levels of happiness. It’s abouthelping you increase your levels of well-being, so that you can lead a morefull and fulfilling life, a more meaningful life, so that you can become moresuccessful, whether it’s at home , in your relationships, whether it’s at work.

我开设这节幸福课的目的，就是为了提升你们的幸福感。我希望你们能够更加幸福，从而拥有更充实、更有成就感、更有意义的人生。这样，不管是在家庭中、在人际关系处理中还是在工作中，你都可能变得更加成功。

TheHappiness Journey Course will provide you some of the latest research in thefield of happiness, but more than research. It will provide you with tools,with techniques, with things that you can actually do day in and day out, sothat you can become more productive, more creative, more successful, so thatyou can fulfill your potential.

在这门幸福课中，我会带你们了解幸福研究领域的最新发现。除了了解理论研究之外，我还会带你们认识真正实用的方法、技巧，以及你在日常生活中能够进行的活动，来帮助你们变得更加高效、更有创造力、更加成功，并最终发挥出自己的最大潜能。