With certain things in life, you shouldn't have to force it. With a relationship or friendship, you shouldn't have to chase relentlessly, with a yoga pose you shouldn't let your ego take over your practice, and as for perfect ponytails.....it's time to let it go! If you're having to use the force, think if what … Continue reading Booster Tip #11: Don’t use the force
Tag: perfectionism
Boost of the Day #74: Progress
Never aim for perfection, no matter what the task in hand is. You're just setting yourself up for anxiety, stress and a sense of failure. It's really easy to say this - much harder to execute in reality if you have perfectionist tendencies! Try looking at your situation as if you were looking at your … Continue reading Boost of the Day #74: Progress
Boost of the Day #67: Perfectionism, by Julia Roberts
Perfection is a disease of a nation. We overlay our faces with tons of make-up. We get botoxs and even starve ourselves to become that perfect size. We try to fix something but you can't fix what you can't see. It's the soul that needs the surgery. It's time that we take a stand. How … Continue reading Boost of the Day #67: Perfectionism, by Julia Roberts
Boost of the day #43: Good, not perfect
I like it when I find a quote related to self esteem from a famous author whose work I have read. I imagine writers can be extremely self-critical and they have to go through so many rejections of their writing before finally getting published. Steinbeck has the right idea here - as soon as you liberate … Continue reading Boost of the day #43: Good, not perfect
Boost of the day #12
Another one that's so easy to fall victim to, many of us have such high standards of ourselves that we expect constant perfection. Perfect hair, perfect skin, perfect body, perfect performance at work...I'm sure we can all relate to one of these, sometimes all of them! Imagine if you actually met someone who had the … Continue reading Boost of the day #12
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