You were given a small locus of control.

你被赋予了一个小小的控制点。

Specifically, there's an idea in personality psychology called locus of control.

具体来说，人格心理学中有一个概念叫做控制点。

If you want strength, you have to shift your locus of control.

如果你想要力量，你必须改变你的控制点。

You have what we can call an external locus of control.

你有我们所说的外部控制点。

People with an internal locus of control believe that they are in control of their lives.

有内在控制点的人相信他们可以掌控自己的生活。

Your locus of control is simply the belief about where control over your life comes from.

你的控制点就是关于你对自己人生的掌控来自何处的信念。

In a 2018 study of 40 Ouija board players, more skeptical players reported a more internal locus of control.

在2018年一项对40名通灵板玩家的研究中，持怀疑态度的玩家报告说，他们的内心控制点更强。

A great example of someone with a strong internal locus of control is Alexsandr Solzhenitsyn.

亚历山大·索尔仁尼琴就是一个很好的例子，他拥有强大的内在控制点。

They adopt an internal locus of control, and they take complete responsibility for the outcomes of their lives.

他们采用内在控制点的角度，他们对自己生活的结果承担全部责任。

Would Solzhenitsyn have been as great of a literary figure if he had an external locus of control?

如果索尔仁尼琴有一个外部控制点，他还会是伟大的文学大师吗？

So in my estimation, the adoption of an internal locus of control played a significant role in Solzhenitsyn's greatness.

因此，在我看来，索尔仁尼琴的伟大之处，关键就在于他采用了内在控制点。

And so if Solzhenitsyn had an external locus of control, he would never have gotten to know himself in prison.

因此，如果索尔仁尼琴有一个外部控制点，他就永远不会在监狱里认识自己。

He adopted an internal locus of control and took complete responsibility for his life, and as a result, he became empowered.

他采用了内在控制点的逻辑，并对自己的生活承担了全部责任，结果，他变得强大起来。

If you take on an external locus of control, you give up responsibility for the outcomes of your own life and become a victim.

如果你接受了外部控制点，你就放弃了对自己生活结果的责任，成为一个受害者。

Things they can influence themselves, rather than being micromanaged or being expendable—you know, internal locus of control.

一些他们自己可以影响的事情，而不是被过度管理或成为无足轻重可替代的——你知道的，内部控制力。

But if you take on an internal locus of control, you take responsibility for the outcomes of your life and become a creative agent.

但如果你接受了内在控制点，你就会对自己生活的结果负责，成为一个有创造力的人。

Meanwhile, the opposite was true for those who believed the planchette was moved by some outside force: They reported a more external locus of control.

与此同时，对于那些相信通灵板被某种外力移动的人来说，情况正好相反：他们属于更外部的控制点。

If we're honest with ourselves, it's easier to identify external factors as challenges than it is for us to accept responsibility to influence what is within our locus of control.

如果我们不要欺骗自己，事实是，比较容易的做法是将外部因子视为挑战，难的是我们自己扛起责任，在我们能控制的范围内去发挥影响力。

A person with an external locus of control believes that their life is largely out of their control and that they are simply at the mercy of other people, luck, or fate.

有外部控制点的人认为他们的生活在很大程度上不受他们的控制，他们只是受其他人、运气或命运的摆布。

A person with a strong internal locus of control feels that they're mainly responsible for their outcomes in life, while a person with an external locus of control will give more credit to things like fate, luck, and chance.

一个有强烈内在控制点的人会觉得他们主要对自己的生活结果负责，而一个有外在控制点的人会把更多的功劳归于命运、运气和机会。