Very Happy Phil

Worrying is just like watching paint dry. A waste of time! The watching has no effect on helping or hindering the paint drying!

I will tell you a little story; I know a mother who spent every Friday and Saturday night waiting for her teenage kids to come home. The kids spend the night partying and she spent the night worrying!

Our body and our brain (and our senses) all are designed to help us to survive. Our capacity to consider negative future consequences ('worrying') helped us survive during the last 7 million years of our evolution. However its an ability many of us over use which has a negative effect on our mental health and on our survival.

Here are a few of my favourite quotes which inspire me;

“Worry can sap personal happiness greatly, indeed, it may be the single, most common happiness-robber there is. One of the major findings regarding happy individuals is that they worry a lot less than most others do. If you're worried about something you can't do anything on earth about, why on earth worry about them? It is important to distinguish between worry and planning”
- MICHAEL W. FORDYCE, Ph.D. ‘Human Happiness; Its Nature and Its Attainment’

“God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; the courage to change the things I can; and the wisdom to know the difference.”
-Reinhold Niebuhr

“Worrying works! Sometimes. Be careful what you wish for. Negative thoughts can have negative results!”
– Phil McNally, Author, ‘Winning Mentality’

Have a happy THINKING AND DOING week!

Keep positive!

Phil McNally
Author & Positive Psychology Coach

Remember,
“Don’t worry be happy! Happy people have happy habits!”
– Phil McNally, Author, ‘Winning Mentality’

PS Discover ways to reduce worrying and increase happiness. Learn more tools and tips by booking a coaching session or presentation from me.

PSS Its good to talk. If you want to talk, send me your contact details and I’ll contact you to arrange a coaching session. Money back guarantee if you do not feel better /happier after a coaching session from me. I’m great. Guaranteed! Great listener. Great questions. Great advice. Great knowledge. Great coach.

I recently met one of my old clients recently who told me that she was thinking of me and the advice I gave her that morning….I worked with her five YEARS ago! My advice is useful and memorable!

"I am sleeping a lot better now - which is a relief! So thanks very much for your help!"
- Wendy Geddes, Business Advisor, Royal Bank of Scotland

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