Healthy striving is about striving for internal goals, and wanting to be our best selves. Perfectionism is not motivated internally. Perfectionism is about what people will think.
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Brené BrownInterview, The Washington Post (2012)
About Brené Brown
American research professor known for her work on courage, vulnerability and leadership. (b. 1965)
More from Brené Brown
- Vulnerability is not weakness; it's our greatest measure of courage.Atlas of the Heart (2021)
- Avoidance will make you feel less vulnerable in the short run, but it will never make you less afraid.Atlas of the Heart (2021)
- We have to belong to ourselves as much as we need to belong to others. Any belonging that asks us to betray ourselves is not true belonging.Atlas of the Heart (2021)
- Shame hates to have words wrapped around it. If we talk about it, it loses its grip on us.University of Houston, Pride Stories profile
- Clear is kind. Unclear is unkind.Dare to Lead (2018)
- Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing we'll ever do.The Gifts of Imperfection (2010)
More quotes on mindset
- Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.William James
- Genius, in truth, means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way.William James
- The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.Bertrand Russell
- The heart has its reasons, which reason does not know.Blaise Pascal
- All the unhappiness of men arises from one single fact, that they cannot stay quietly in their own chamber.Blaise Pascal
- Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature; but he is a thinking reed.Blaise Pascal
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