Have you ever said something you wish you hadn’t? Have you ever done something you regretted later? Or maybe you did something and were told by someone else that you shouldn’t have? Welcome to being human! At some point in our lives, we all make decisions and choices that we or someone else later consider […]
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“If I had to select one quality, one personal characteristic that I regard as being most highly correlated with success, whatever the field, I would pick the trait of persistence. Determination. The will to endure to the end, to get knocked down seventy times and get up off the floor saying, ”Here comes number seventy-one!”
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“Wait a minute, but I want to be happy! I don’t want to feel these “negative” feelings,” you may think. I too have always struggled with some of these emotions, because I want to generally be happy. And I don’t want to be a person who is jealous or resentful of others. Yet psychologists like
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“Confidence doesn’t come from thinking you’re perfect or flawless. That’s arrogance. Confidence comes from appreciating the beauty of your texture.” ~Jeanette Walls I love the idea of seeing what we might normally call our “flaws”, “weaknesses” or “faults” as part of our texture that makes us who we are and is part of our beauty.
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As I was doing more research on Perfectionism, I found this great quote that looks at the topic with a sense of humor. And since being able to laugh ourselves is a wonderful way to combat Perfectionism, I wanted to share this quote with you. Enjoy! 🙂 “Congratulations! You’re not perfect! It’s ridiculous to
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We might understand that perfectionism does not make us happy, but we may still believe that it will make us successful. After all, we have all heard phrases like “No pain, no gain,” or “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.” It often seems like we have to go to extremes in order to become
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“Don’t be perfect. Be you.Don’t be what you think they want you to be Be what you know you are Don’t look outside yourself for anything It’s all within.” ~Jackson Kiddard A great reminder that being perfect won’t make us happy, even though we may have been conditioned to believe otherwise. There is no perfect
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“I am not really trying to live a perfect life,” you might say. “I don’t have to be a multi-millionaire or an award-winning actress or live on my own island.” So maybe you are not an extreme perfectionist, but you may be surprised to learn that perfectionism comes in many flavors. Check the questions below,
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