Happy Talk

Smash your goals AND be happy on route

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In this conversation, we discuss the different narratives surrounding the new year and how to have the best 2024. Meg highlights how terrible we are at predicting how happy achieving goals will make us and the importance of positive emotion in  making your dreams come true.   If you want 4 easy steps to how to get the dream WITHOUT sacrificing your wellbeing, this one is for you.     Key Takeaways

  • There are different narratives surrounding the new year, with one camp focusing on setting goals and making changes, and another camp advocating for self-care and gentleness.
  • Positive psychology has shown that we are not good at predicting how happy achieving our goals will make us, and that positive emotion and well-being boost our ability to achieve our goals.
  • It is important to take time and space to think about our goals and uncover the underlying motivations behind them.
  • Instead of focusing solely on achieving goals, we should also focus on amplifying happiness in the journey towards our goals.
Chapters   00:00The New Year Narrative 11:33The Inaccuracy of Goal Setting 14:49The Role of Positive Emotion 25:43Taking Time and Space to Think 34:20Uncovering the Motivation Behind Goals 36:46Exploring Different Options to Fulfill Needs 39:34Amplifying Happiness in the Journey   About Meg After living life in the rat race consistently driving towards the next thing, Meg changed her life by asking whether she was happy. The answer, ‘I’m not ‘unhappy’ – but there has to be more than this’ made her live life differently. Now a Positive Psychologist, she supports people to take ownership of their happiness and step into the happiest version of them using a blend of evidence-based coaching and training solutions. About happybyme happybyme exists to support people to make great things happen by cultivating happiness. We beleive that by supporting people to take control of their happiness, more great things will happen in the world. We do this through our range of training and coaching solutions and our brand new 'Choose Happiness' planner. You can find out more at www.happybyme.co.uk