Tag: Improvement

Why You Don’t Need To Be Perfect

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth
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You are not expected to be perfect. No one expects perfection from you.

According to Alan Stein Jr., ‘No one gets it right every time.’ That is why you shouldn’t worry about failure. It will happen, like it or not.

It does not matter what you do. You are not going to get it right the first time. Because of that, if you want to grow, you must be patient with yourself.

Don’t strive for perfection. Instead of wasting your time, why not go for excellence? Why? Because

If you are striving for perfection, you are not going to win the fight. You are going to lose it. It is a losing fight. Don’t even try to face perfection.

It is not going to happen. It is not going to happen because we are human beings. We are still growing. We are still developing yourselves. We are still improving our lives.

We are not free from making mistakes. And mistakes are going to happen. If you are not making mistakes, if you are not messing up, if you are not screwing up, you are not trying enough. You are not pushing yourself enough. You are not taking risks.

If growth is what you are after, then you must focus on excellence, not perfection.

Excellence is possible, but perfection is impossible. So if you want to lead yourself forward, you must focus on excellence, not perfection.

Focus on getting better every day. Why is that? Because we are still growing. We never stop learning. We never stop growing. We never stop developing. And we never stop improving our lives.

The question is, ‘What are you doing to improve your life? Are you going to stay the same forever?’

How To Accept Yourself

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth
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Care for yourself first

‘When you care for yourself first, the world will also find you worthy of care.’- Haemin Sunim

Learn to express yourself

‘Learn to express what you are feeling without agonizing over it. It is a life skill every bit as important as learning how to read. Without it, dissatisfaction builds up, arguments break out, and relationships can blow up like volcanoes.’- Haemin Sunim

Look at your flaws with love

‘Do not despair over what is imperfect in yourself. Instead, look at your flaws with love.’

Choose a life that improves through failure and pain

‘Rather than choosing a life in which you do nothing for fear of making a mistake, choose a life that improves through failure and pain.’– Haemin Sunim

Do not judge people

‘Don’t judge people based on how they appear, as they may have difficulties that nobody can see.’- Haemin Sunim

Do not let criticism upset you

‘If you keep letting criticism upset you, then you will gradually wither, and in the end you will not be able to do anything.’- Haemin Sunim

Forget yourself

‘We often feel happiest when we forget ourselves. When we feel grateful for someone, we think about that person, not so much about ourselves.’- Haemin Sunim

Give more than you take

‘If you want to excel in a relationship, the way to do so is very simple: Give more than you receive. The more we receive, we can’t help but feel grateful and like the person.’– Haemin Sunim