Chaptrer 7 ?下

● WHAT’S YOU RDISCOUNT RATE?你的折扣率是多少？

● WILLPOWER EXPERIMENT:LOWER YOU RDISCOUNT RATE? 意志力實驗： 降低你的折扣率

● NO WEBSITE IS WORTH ADREAM 夢想比任何網站都值錢

● NO WAY OUT:THE VALUE OF PRECOMMITMENT 沒有出路： 預 先承諾的價值

● WILLPOWER EXPERIMENT:PRECOMMIT YOUR FUTURE SELF 意志力實驗： 對未來的自己做預先承諾

● MONEY MANAGEMENT FOR TEMPTED SELVES 為受到誘惑的自己理財

● MEET YOUR FUTURE SELF遇見未來的自己

● UNDER THEMICROSCOPE:ARE YOU WAITING FOR FUTURE YOU?深入刨析： 你在等未來的自己嗎？

● A DENTAL PHOBIC STOPS WAITING FOR A FUTURE DENTIST-LOVING SELF TO SHOW UP 怕看牙醫的人不再等待未來愛看牙醫的自己出現

● WHY THE FUTURE FEELS DIFFERENT 為什么未來看起來不一樣？

● AFUND-RAISER USES FUTURE-SELF OPTIMISM FOR GOOD 資金籌集人巧妙利用未來自己的樂觀精神

● WHEN YOUR FUTURE SELF IS A STRANGER 未來的自己成了陌生人

● WILL POWER EXPERIMENT:MEET YOUR FUTURE SELF 意志力實驗： 遇見未來的自己

?? words and phrases

（1）measure

n. 測量；措施；程度；尺寸

vt. 測量；估量；權衡

vi. 測量；估量

過去式 measured過去分詞 measured現在分詞 measuring

measure sth by sth 通過...來衡量

measure sb/sth against sb/sth? 將…與…作比較

原句：This individual difference-whether measured in childhood or later years—plays a major role in how our lives turn out. ?個體差異會在今后的生活中扮演重要多的角色，無論這種差異是在童年時期還是在以后測量出來的。

仿寫：It's unreasonable that education is measured purely by examination results.

（2）immutable [?'mju?t?b(?)l]

adj. 不變的；不可變的；不能變的

同義詞：constant ，permanent，steady

immutably ?adv

immutability n

原句：Fortunately , a person’s discount rate is not an immutable law of physics.

仿寫：Once you begin to train your brain ,you will find? the fact that the brain isn't ?immutable.

（3）lower ['l???]

vt. 減弱，減少；放下，降下；貶低 （reduce 減少;move down 降下）

vi. 降低；減弱；跌落?

adj. 下游的；下級的；下等的

lower oneself ?失身份；自甘墮落

原句：It can be lowered just by changing how you think about your choices.

仿寫：You shouldn't? lower oneself no matter what you are facing

(4 )? access? ['?kses]

vt. 使用；存取；接近

n. 進入；使用權；通路

過去式 accessed，過去分詞 accessed，現在分詞 accessing

access control ?訪問控制

have access to 使用；接近；可以利用

internet access 互聯網接入

原句：Why do we treat our future selves like different people? Part of the problem lies in our inability to access our future selves' thoughts and feelings.

仿句：We can have access to this data for solving the problem.

( 5 ) identical [a?'dent?k(?)l]

adj. 同一的；完全相同的

n. 完全相同的事物

identical with ?與…相同

原句：When reflecting on the future self, the brain’s activation is identical to when it is considering the traits of another person.

仿寫：My opinion is identical with his in this matter.

??Sentence

① ? ??I’d like to introduce you to two people I think you’ll really get along with. This first is You. You is prone to procrastination, has trouble controlling impulses, and doesn’t really like to exercise, finish up paperwork, or do the laundry. The second is, urn, also named You. For convenience, let’s call this person You 2.0. You 2.0 has no trouble with procrastination because You 2. o has boundless energy for all tasks, no matter how boring or difficult.Future you always has more time, more energy, and more willpower than present you.

我想介紹兩個人給你認識。我想，你一定會和他們相處愉快。第一個人叫“你”。“你”容易拖延，沒辦法控制沖動，不怎么喜歡運動、完成文書工作或洗衣服。第二個人也叫“你”。為了方便區分，我們稱之為“你2.0”。未來的你總是比現在的你有更多的時間、更多的能量和更強的意志力。

When choosing for their present selves, they took the immediate reward. But they expected their future selves-and other students—to delay gratification.

Thinking so highly of our future selves would be fine if we could really count on our future selves to behave so nobly. But more typically, when we get to the future, our ideal future self is nowhere to be found, and our same old self is left making the decisions. Even as we’re in the middle of a self-control conflict, we foolishly expect that our future selves will be uncon-flicted. The future self keeps being pushed into the future, like a deus ex machina that will emerge to save us from our present selves in the very last act.

② ? ?在為現在的自己做選擇時，他們選擇的是即時的獎勵。但他們希望未來的自己（和接下來的被試者）延遲獲得滿足感。

如果我們真的指望未來的自己能這么崇高，我們確實可以相信，未來的自己能做好所有的事。但更典型的情況是，當我們到了未來，理想中“未來的自己”卻不見了，最后作決定的還是毫無改變的曾經的自己。即便我們現在已經失去了自控力，我們仍然愚蠢地希望未來的自己不會面臨沖突。“未來的自己”會被你一直推向未來，就像“天降救星”（deus ex machina）一樣，在最后的時刻出現，拯救那時的自己。

③ ? ? Is there an important change or task you're putting off, hoping that a future you with more willpower will show up? Do you optimistically overcommit yourself to responsibilities, only to find yourself overwhelmed by impossible demands? Do you talk yourself out of something today, telling yourself that you’ll feel more like it tomorrow??

你是否在推遲重要的變化或任務，等待自控力更強的未來的自己出現？你是不是樂觀地讓自己承擔過多的責任，最后卻被不可能的任務打倒了？你今天有沒有不去做什么事，因為明天你會更想去做那件事？

④ ? ?Why do we treat our future selves like different people? Part of the problem lies in our inability to access our future selves' thoughts and feelings. When we think of our future selves, our future needs and emotions don't feel as real and pressing as our present desires. The thoughts and feelings that shape our present selves’ decisions aren't triggered until we feel the immediacy of an opportunity.

為什么我們會把未來的自己視為另一個人呢？原因在于，我們不知道未來自己的想法和感受。當我們想到未來的自己時，我們的欲望不會像現在一樣緊迫，情緒不會像現在一樣真切。直到我們真的需要選擇的時候，我們才會知道。

⑤ ? ?When reflecting on the future self, the brain’s activation is identical to when it is considering the traits of another person.The brain’s habit of treating the future self like another person has major consequences for self-control. Studies show that the less active your brain’s self-reflection system is when you contemplate your future self, the more likely you are to say “screw you” to future you, and “yes” to immediate gratification.

當我們考慮未來的自己時，大腦的活動和我們考慮別人的特征時如出一轍。大腦會把未來的自己當成別人，這種習慣對自控力影響極大。研究發現，當你想到未來的自己時，大腦中越是想不到自己，你就越可能對未來的自己說“去你的”，也就越可能對即時的滿足感說“好”。

⑥ ? A measure of“future-self continuity”：the degree to which you see your future self as essentially the same person as your current self. Not everyone views the future self as a total stranger: some of us feel quite close and connected to our future selves. Figure 1 illustrates the wide range of relationships people have to their future selves.

“未來自我的連續性”測量方法：你在多大的程度上認為，未來的自己在本質上和現在的自己是一樣的。不是所有人都會把未來的自己看成徹底的陌生人，有些人會覺得和未來的自己很親近，聯系很緊密。

⑦ ? Getting to know their future selves made the students more willing to invest in them—and, by extension, themselves.You can help yourself make wiser choices by sending yourself to the future.

認識未來的自己，讓學生們更愿意為未來的自己投資，也就是為他們自己投資。你可以把自己送到未來，幫助自己作出更明智的選擇。

1. Create a Future Memory. Neuroscientists at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf in Germany have shown that imagining the future helps people delay gratification.When you picture the future, the brain begins to think more concretely and immediately about the consequences of your present choices. The more real and vivid the future feels, the more likely you are to make a decision that your future self won’t regret.

1.創造一個未來的記憶。德國漢堡-埃普多夫中心醫科大學的神經科學家研究發現，想象未來可以讓人延遲滿足感。當你想象未來的圖景時，大腦就會更具體、更直接地思考你現在選擇的結果。你想象的未來圖景越真實、越生動，你做的決定就越不會讓你在未來后悔。

2. Send a Message to Your Future Self.Describe to your future self what you are going to do now to help yourself meet your long-term goals.

2.給未來的自己發條信息。向未來的自己描述一下自己現在將要做什么，有助于你實現長期目標。

3. Imagine Your Future Self.Studies show that imagining your future self can increase your present self 's willpower.

3.想象一下未來的自己。研究發現，想象未來的自己能增強你現在的意志力。

——? 啟? 發 ?——

讀完今天的文章，兩句話浮現出來：

第一句話說：我們往往高估了十年后能做的事，卻低估了一年內能做的事情。

第二句話說：我們往往高估了我們一年以內能做的事，卻低估了十年后能夠做得到的事。

這兩句話，都是網絡里面曾經比較火的話語，孰是孰非，不同的場景，兩句話各顯深意，就像一個單詞或者短語不能脫離場景和語境來理解一樣。再多拿來的道理都不如問自己：我想要的道理是什么樣的？所以，要和過去的自己、現在的自己、未來的自己深刻對話。

寄希望于未來而忽視當下確實是我們很多時候常用的短效的麻醉劑，一定程度上有點像飲鴆止渴。我始終相信，“如何過今天，如何過一生”，這不是累積原理，應該是個人人生價值觀，一個人的價值觀會隨著學習不斷改變，但是巨大的改變常常來自于巨大的事情發生。就像昨天晚上看到海德格爾說的一句話："向死而生。只有死亡的鼻尖才能讓我們感受到生的緊迫。一旦死亡的陰影稍稍放下他的爪子，我們立刻恢復自己的敗家子本性。驕縱，懶惰，懦弱，縮在自我的臨時棚戶里得過且過，偶爾避想窗外遠處的地平線上，有一個自我在勇敢奔跑，腳下的道路充滿危險并因危險而瑰麗....",我們如何做自我生活管理？生命管理？時間管理？一定程度上取決于我們的心智和生命價值觀，這會決定我們今天如何度過，如何看待未來的自己。 李笑來《把時間當朋友》一書曾給過我特別大的啟發，讓我對時間管理有了全新的認知，那就是時間管理與心智的關系。對于人性本懶的我們，要想純粹通過硬邦邦的時間管理工具和理論，很難真正做好時間管理；關于自控力同樣如此，很難通過硬性的規則和工具、方法實現長久的改變，要想實現長久的改變，必須讓心智不斷的成長。這種心智的成長決定了我們如何看過去、現在和未來；以及如何看自己和他人，自然和宇宙。

一個人，如果對身體這臺精密儀器都不了解，沒有認知，你不知道它怎么運轉，那怎么可能堅持下來保持鍛煉？怎么能夠和未來的自己產生親近的聯系呢？

一個人，如果對各種生活模式和版本大腦沒有概念，沒有藍圖，那又怎么可能設計出未來的生活場景呢，又如何來做當前和未來的生活規劃呢？

“你”和“你2.0”無限接近的版本，一定程度上取決于我們的心智。而心智的成長成熟依靠于我們每日的不斷精進和不斷的學習提升。感謝今日文章引發我的思考，這便也是我自己對自己的鼓勵和鞭策，不去做白日夢患者，設想未來的高大上；而是過好每日精進的今天，去創造未來自己的版本！不能只是做知識的輸入者，同時也要做輸出者，只有輸入和輸出同時做，思維才能像活水一樣流動起來。所以，無論思考是什么，記錄下來...

??Summary

There are two of you, the first is called “You”，the second is called "You 2.0".We often confuse the current self by Imagining the beautiful future self.But we konw the fact that when we get to the future, our ideal future self is nowhere to be found, and our same old self is left making the decisions. we need to better understand and support our future selves,at the same time,we should strive to promote the mental level of self now.

We can through some ways to increase our present self 's willpower,such as creating a future memory,sending a message to our future self or Imagining our future self.

Maybe i can try to send myself to the future constantly.