retreat an act of changing your decision about a promise you publicly
made or a principle you stated, because the situation has become too difficult
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EURO2016の予選，オランダはチェコに負けて，敗退ですわ。３位を争っていた
トルコは終了間際のフリーキックで勝って，本戦出場ですわ。
ファン・ペルシーのオウン・ゴール，うまくキーパーにパスしたはずだったのに残念ですわ。
ATP World Tour, Masters 1000 Shanghai，昨日，ブログを書いていたときには
気づいていなかったのですが，フェデラー，負けていました。orz
同じ山の錦織圭選手にはチャンスですわ。明日は午後４時以降の試合開始ですわ。
TOEIC対策
神崎正哉著『TOEICテスト出まくりリスニング』コスモピア，2011年。
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第４章
タイム誌を少しだけ読む
Wellness Why chasing happiness might be making you miserable
(October 12, 2015)
The more you go looking for happiness, the less likely you are to find it.
5 ways to feel happier, backed by science
(1) Schedule fun activities
(2) Shift your perspective
(3) Stay present
(4) Lower your expectations
(5) Savor great moments
アメリカ人向けであることに注意が必要ですわ。オリジナルの論文は以下のものですわ。
Ford, B. Q., Dmitrieva, J. O., Heller, D., Chentsova-Dutton, Y., Grossmann, I., Tamir, M.,
Uchida, Y., Koopmann-Holm, B., Floerke, V. A., Uhrig, M., Bokhan, T., & Mauss, I. B. (2015,
September 7). Culture Shapes Whether the Pursuit of Happiness Predicts
Higher or Lower Well-Being. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General.
Abstract: Pursuing happiness can paradoxically impair well-being.
Here, the authors propose the potential downsides to pursuing happiness may be specific to
individualistic cultures.In collectivistic (vs. individualistic) cultures, pursuing happiness
may be more successful because happiness is viewed — and thus pursued — in relatively socially
engaged ways. In 4 geographical regions that vary in level of collectivism (United States, Germany,
Russia, East Asia), we assessed participants’ well-being, motivation to pursue happiness,
and to what extent they pursued happiness in socially engaged ways.
Motivation to pursue happiness predicted lower well-being in the United States, did not
predict well-being in Germany, and predicted higher well-being in Russia and in East Asia.
These cultural differences in the link between motivation to pursue happiness and well-being
were explained by cultural differences in the socially engaged pursuit of happiness.
These findings suggest that culture shapes whether the pursuit of happiness is linked with
better or worse well-being, perhaps via how people pursue happiness.
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