Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing – Harriet Braiker Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing – Harriet Braiker
When I was young, I was branded with the word perfectionist. I thought it was a compliment. Little did I know that it was not. In fact, being a perfectionist is stressful and maddening and can lead to anger and self-destructive type behaviors.
No one can be perfect. And no one should want to be. The silly things we do, the mistakes we make and the fact that we don’t know it all is what life is about. Learning, growing and having fun in the process.
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