1、为什么开这门课？

学术期刊上面每篇期刊平均被7个人阅读。

2、安静时刻

再课堂上面安静时刻，回想课程讲的知识，或者回答问题。

 安静时刻的重要性，享受安静，进行自省，有可能是这节课收获最大的时刻。

老鼠在迷宫中的研究，分清楚什么是最重要往往是在安静时刻之后。

3、信息接收

Information VS transformation

对学习知识的全新阐释，在学习中人可以比如为一个容器，学习则是往容器里面装东西。

Information，在容器中注入东西，容器装满即毕业；

transformation，对容器的转变形状，然后再接受东西，装满这个容器。

信息虽然一样，对信息接收理解不一样，很多时候解读比信息本身更重要。

4、目的

Fulfilling our potential, chipping the excess stone.

《大卫》巨作的形成就是通过去掉多余的石头，而这也是这门课的目的，教授反复讲到的chipping the excess stone

The soul grows by subtraction, not addition.——Thoreau    做减法比做加法更能使灵魂成长。

In pursuit of knowledge, every day something is acquired; in pursuit of wisdom, every day something is dropped-----Lao Tzu

What is wrong is not the great discoveries of science—information is always better than ignorance, no matter what information or what ignorance.  What is wrong is the belief behind the information, the belief that information will change the world.  It won’t------Archibald MaCleish

Common sense is not that common, make common sense more common.

Teach you something you already know

最好能达到的效果是，学生学完会说：Thank you for reminding me

5、Asking question

The biggest mistake is not asking the right question!

It is not about providing definitive answers concerning the good life, It is about identifying the right questions.

The one real object of education is to leave a man in the condition of continually asking questions.        -----Bishop Creighton

哈佛毕业中非常成功与成功人士的区别：Really believe in themselves; always asking question.

6、关于幸福

幸福是连贯的，不是1和0之间做选择。

How can I become happier?

Look inside myself, study myself.

What is you doing differently?

The best way to learn is to teach

7、Background of positive psychology:

humanistic psychology（人本主义心理学）的product and grandchild 

心理学上的three Forces:

First: Reaction to behaviorism

Second: Reaction to psychoanalysis

Third: humanistic psychology，reaction to Behaviorism and Psychoanalysis.

行为主义认为人是一个行为集合，像一个被击打的球一样；

精神分析学主要通过潜意思的分析，去改变生活；

人本主义心理学通过对以上两种心理学的异议和批评中产生。

不只是学术研究，关注有用的东西，善良，美德、乐观，快乐。