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1、AQuestionofFocus“Itappearsthatthewaypeopleperceivetheworldismuchmoreimportanttohappinessthanobjectivecircumstances.”EdDienerEmotionsdeterminedbyexternalandinternalChoiceoffocus“Tothedifferentminds,thesameworldisahell,andaheaven.”RalphWaldoEmerson“Nothingisgoodorbad
2、butthinkingmakesitso.”WilliamShakespeareTwoArchetypesTheFault-Finder“Thefault-finderwillfindfaultseveninparadise”HenryDavidThoreauCouldleadtoresignationTheBenefit-Finder(Bower,2007)CouldleadtodetachmentTheneedtorespectreality“Theinvariablemarkofwisdomistoseethemira
3、culousinthecommon.”RalphWaldoEmersonWeCo-CreateOurReality“Nowhoweverfixedtheseelementsofrealitymaybe,westillhaveacertainfreedominourdealingswiththem.Takeoursensations.Thattheyareisundoubtedlybeyondourcontrol;butwhichweattendto,note,andmakeemphaticinourconclusionsde
4、pendsonourowninterests;and,accordingaswelaytheemphasishereorthere,quitedifferentformulationsoftruthresult.Wereadthesamefactsdifferently.‘Waterloo,’withthesamefixeddetails,spellsa‘victory’foranenglishman;forafrenchmanitspellsa‘defeat.’So,foranoptimistphilosophertheu
5、niversespellsvictory,forapessimist,defeat.Whatwesayaboutrealitythusdependsontheperspectiveintowhichwethrowit.”WilliamJamesWeCo-CreateOurRealityIsn’titstrangehowprincesandkings,andclownsthatcaperinsawdustrings,andcommonpeople,likeyouandme,arebuildersforeternity?E
6、achisgivenalistofrules;ashapelessmass;abagoftools.Andeachmustfashion,erelifeisflown,Astumblingblock,oraStepping-Stone.R.L.SharpAMatterofInterpretation“Neverletagoodcrisisgotowaste.”AnneHarbison“Thingsdon’tnecessarilyhappenforthebest,butsomepeopleareabletomakethe
7、bestofthingsthathappen.”AMatterofInterpretation“Apessimistseesthedifficultyineveryopportunity;anoptimistseestheopportunityineverydifficulty.”WinstonChurchillAQuestionofInterpretationTheworldaccordingtothefault-finderThe(same)worldaccordingtothebenefit-finderTheBene
8、fitsofBeingaBenefitFinderWell-being(Thompson,1985)HealthAfflecketal.(1987)Bower(1998)King&Miner(2000)Longevity“Thejoyfulnessofamanprolongethhisda