the perfectionist's manifesto
a personal manifesto about moving away from perfectionism as pathology, and towards perfectionism as profound gift that can be harnessed and bring us more fully to life
by rob hardy · updated 5d ago
the perfectionist's manifesto
- I have a working theory that the anxiety I feel is actually a massive amount of positive energy. It just feels uncomfortable because I haven’t learned how to channel that much energy yet. When I’ve been able to let it flow freely, my whole body fills with bliss.
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- When you make something for someone else, you get glimpses. When you make something for you, you get goosebumps.
from Tweet by Jason Fried
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This is how to tell a success story: Rather than telling a story of your full and complete accomplishment, tell the story of a small part of the success. Tell about a small step. Feel free to allude to the better days that may lie ahead, but don’t try to tell everything. Small steps only.
from Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life through the Power of Storytelling by Matthew Dicks
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- The gap between knowing what you want and going after it is where fear thrives. You don't need enough courage for the entire journey. You only need courage for the next step.
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- Three signs you’re scared of feeling joy:
1 You think you have to earn it
2 You focus on what could go wrong rather than right
3 You constantly feel like the other shoe is going to dropfrom Tweet by Joe Hudson
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- Changing the interpretation of the past is critical to controlling the future.
from Tweet by Benjamin Life
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- I have known many people who spent years in analysis and emerged with a detailed understanding of their major psychodynamics, yet experienced what they uncovered as shameful admissions rather than as expressions of their essential humanity in all its ordinary depravity and virtue
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