Tag: #perfectionism
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Do It Imperfectly
Lisa Anderson said, “Fear stops a lot of people. Fear of failure, of the unknown, of risk. And it masks itself as procrastination.”
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Daily Spark: Two Things
When I was in my late twenties and a new manager, I had a leader tell me that for my own growth I needed to learn 2 things. 1) How to say “I don’t know” and 2) how to admit that I was wrong.
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Daily Spark: Unless You Try
Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.”
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Daily Spark: The Goal is NOT Perfection
Brene Brown said, “Perfectionism is not the same thing as striving to be our best.”
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Daily Spark: Dare to be Lousy
Dare is a big word. Do you know what dare means? It means be brave enough, have the courage, to do something. It means to defy or challenge someone to do something.
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Daily Spark: It’s About the Learning
“I’m going to take more risks…remembering that It’s not about the end result, its about the learning.”
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Daily Spark: Unfinished
Morgan Harper said, “There’s no need to be perfect. You are allowed to be soft, to be unfinished, and still be worthy of all the love in the world.”
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Daily Spark: So Much Progress!
Misty Tripoli, “Somewhere along the path of seeking perfection we lose touch with our accomplishments. We fail to recognize the significant progress that we have made.”
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Never a Failure
“My new tattoo says ‘Never a failure, always a lesson’ and is kind of my mantra to life, just a reminder. My life is just a crazy rollercoaster every day and whenever I read that it just reassures me.” Rihanna
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A Good One
On this Mother’s Day, I remind my recovering perfectionistic self that, as Jill Churchill said, “There’s no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one.”