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Do you feel like you’re enough?
I had an epiphany of sort a few days ago: I am enough. I’ve read about feeling enough. Heard about it. Wanted it. But I’ve never felt it. Not truly. Not through and through. I’m not sure how it...
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Do you feel like a fraud?
It happens at least a couple times a month. Sometimes while mingling at a networking event, other times across the aisle of a plane. Sometimes it happens when I’m meeting someone new for a cup of...
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Everything has to be perfect
Everything has to be perfect. I can’t make mistakes. Failing is unacceptable. I have to be perfect. While there are many variations to only perfection will do, the perfectionist mindset creates this...
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It’s all or nothing
The all or nothing mindset is self-talk focused on extremes. If I don’t stick to my diet perfectly, I might as well give up trying to lose weight. If I don’t get 25 people to sign up for my...
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I am vulnerable when …
In the last couple weeks, Brené Brown’s Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead has come up in conversation a dozen times. Seriously. 12...
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Are you living without margin?
Living without margin means… Back-to-back appointments. Errands stacked like dominoes, one after the other. Deadlines with no time to spare. Everything blurred together in an endless, task-driven...
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10 ways NOT to achieve a goal
1. Keep your goal a secret. Whatever you do, don’t tell anyone about your goal. That way no one can rally around you with support, resources, and accountability. Keeping your goal a secret also...
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Sometimes giving up is a good thing
Someone once asked what I’ve given up to balance my schedule. My answer: Perfectionism. Not an easy feat for someone who used to think perfectionism was a good thing—a quality that meant I’d been...
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The myth of perfect conditions
I was talking with an attendee at one of my writing workshops. She was there to write the novel she’d been thinking about for years. But when it came to actually writing—not just talking about...
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I’ve had enough of performing, perfecting, pleasing and proving
Do you know what’s exhausting? Hustling for worthiness. Performing, when you’re not an actor. Perfecting, when your standard means nothing is ever quite good enough. Pleasing, when you’re an approval...
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Is the copy on my website error-free? Nope.
Someone sent me this quote today: Imperfection is lovable. What a relief. Because I’m walking, talking, living imperfection. Do I always say the right thing? Nope. Is the copy on my website...
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