Sometimes, you feel as if you’re on top of the world and all the questions on your math test might seem 1 ．But at times you feel horrible, and you 2 things and you cannot focus on your schoolwork．
For more than 20 years, scientists have 3 that high self-respect is the key to success．Kids who feel good about themselves, said scientists, do 4 school and have fewer emotional and behavioural problems than kids who have a low 5 of themselves．
Now, new research shows that focusing just on building self-respect may not be 6 ．In some cases, having high self-respect can 7 bad results if it makes you 8 likeable or more upset when you fail at something．
“ 9 about self-respect,”says Jennifer Crocker, a psychologist at the University of Michigan, US．“It’s not the 10 thing．”Crocker’s advice may sound a bit strange 11 it is good to feel good about yourself．
12 show that people with high self-respect are less likely to be depressed, anxious, shy, or lonely than those with low self-respect．But, after 13 about 18,000 studies on self-respect, Roy Baumeister, a psychologist at Florida State University, has found that building up your self-respect will not 14 make you a better person．
He 15 that violent and wicked people often have the highest self-respect of all．He also said,“ 16 no evidence that kids with high self-respect do better in school．”
Researchers say it is best to listen to and support other people． 17 to create or build something．Find positive ways to contribute to society． 18 you fail at something, try to learn from the 19 ．“The best therapy(药方)is to recognize your 20 ,”Vohs says．
“It’s OK to say, ‘I’m not so good at that,’ and then move on．”
A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor．They talked about the 1 topic-happiness．But soon their conversation turned into complaints about 2 in work and life．
To offer his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and 3 with a large pot of coffee and a variety of 4 －plastic, glass, metal, porcelain(陶瓷), som plain-looking some very 5 ．The professor told his students to help themselves to hot coffee．
When all the students had a cup of coffee in 6 ．the professor said："lf you have noticed, all the nice-looking 7 ．cups were taken, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones．While it is 8 for you to want only the best for Yourbelves, that is the 9 of your problems and stress．The professor continued," Believe that the cup itself adds no 10 to the coffee．ln most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases it even 11 what we drink．What all of you 12 wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went 13 the best cups．Now 14 this：life is coffee, the jobs, money, and 15 in society are the cups9 which are just tools to hold and 16 life, and the different typesof cups we have don't decide, nor 17 the quality oflife．lf we concentrate only on the cups, we will 18 to enjoy the coffee in it．So don't let the cups 19 you…enjoy the coffee instead．"
At these words, the graduates looked at each other in 20 embarrassment．
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