Very Happy Phil

At any point in time I am often working on my goals or helping others achieve their goals. Sometimes I do what makes me happy. Sometime I do what makes others happy. Sometimes both. Fun days and Kind deeds can be win- win.

Are you working on YOUR goals?
Are you doing what makes YOU happy?

This week; have a think about that!

Recently I’ve been working on demanding goals and yet I’ve found myself side tracked and distracted helping others achieve their goals. Did I need to? Did they need me to succeed? No and no!

“Learn to focus Phil! Learn to say no. And ‘do’ no. Let others do it themselves, learn themselves, fail, achieve, grow, help themselves!”

Some deeds can be win-win
Some deeds are win-lose (we LOSE out on our goals, our happiness, our time)

Whose goals are you working on this week?

Have a happy YOUR GOALS week!

Keep positive!
Phil McNally
Author & Happiness Expert

Remember,
“Happy people have goals and focus on them! Happy people do what makes them happy! Sometimes they make others happy too.”
– Phil McNally, Author & Happiness Expert

PS Did you know more men die from cancer than women?

PSS Did I really need to send this weeks email? Did I really have the time?

© Phil McNally 2009-2010

“The secret of happiness is freedom. The secret of freedom is courage.”
-Thucydides, Ancient Greek historian and author, 460-404bc

This week; have a think about that!

”Studies show people regret not having done things much more than they regret things they did. Why? We can rationalise an excess of courage more easily than an excess of cowardice, because we can console ourselves by thinking of the things we learned from the experience. We hedge our bets when we should blunder forward. In fact, large-scale assaults on our happiness – a lost job or failed marriage – trigger our psychological defences (and hence promote our happiness) more than smaller annoyances. The paradoxical consequence is that it is sometimes easier to achieve a positive view of a very bad experience than a bad one. And yet we rarely choose action over inaction. Knowing we overestimate the impact of almost every life event makes me a bit braver and more relaxed because I know what I’m worrying about probably won’t matter as much as I think it will.”- Daniel Gilbert, Harvard University

Have a happy BEING BRAVE week!

Keep positive!

Phil McNally
Author & Happiness Expert

Remember,
“Happy people have freedom! Happy people are brave!"

– Phil McNally, Author & Happiness Expert

PS I am pleased to see many rugby players and Glasgow based footballer and ex footballer like Billy Dodds on TV growing their MO for movember!

10,000 men in the UK die from cancer every year. More than women.

Get more info on cancer here;
www.nhs.uk

© Phil McNally 2009-2010

Dedication is what we need!

Whatever our goal; to be faster, fitter, thinner, healthier, richer or happier; motivation and determination are essential!

This week; have a think about that!

“The more motivated a person is to become happier the more successful he or she will be. Effort and commitment are king.”
-Prof Sonja Lyubomirsky Ph.D. ‘The How of Happiness’

‘Most true happiness comes from one’s inner life, from the disposition of the mind and soul. Admittedly, a good inner life is difficult to achieve, especially in these trying times. It takes reflection and contemplation and self-discipline’
-William L Shirer

“Dedication is what you need” –Roy Castle, Record Breakers (theme song)

Have a happy DETERMINED week!

Keep positive!
Phil McNally
Author & Happiness Expert

Remember,
“Success is hard work! Happiness is hard work!”

– Phil McNally, Author & Happiness Expert

PS See a picture of my MOvember moustache here!

PSS Make a donation to Movember and raise funds for Prostate Cancer here;

https://www.movember.com/uk/donate/your-details/type/donate-to-cause/mem...

© Phil McNally 2009-2010