Stephen Guise

The perfectionist enjoys safety and protection from what they fear, and that—not striving for excellence—is the most common reason why people become perfectionists

When the Japanese mend broken objects, they aggrandize the damage by filling the cracks with gold. They believe that when something’s suffered damage and has a history it becomes more beautiful.”

“When the Japanese mend broken objects, they aggrandize the damage by filling the cracks with gold. They believe that when something’s suffered damage and has a history it becomes more beautiful.”

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“When the Japanese mend broken objects, they aggrandize the damage by filling the cracks with gold. They believe that when something’s suffered damage and has a history it becomes more beautiful.”

are less about results. Care more about putting in the work.
Care less about problems. Care more about making progress despite them. Or if you must fix something, focus on the solution.
Care less about what other people think. Care more about who you want to be and what you want to do.
Care less about doing it right. Care more about doing it at all.
Care less about failure. Care more about success.

Care less about results. Care more about putting in the work.
Care less about problems. Care more about making progress despite them. Or if you must fix something, focus on the solution.
Care less about what other people think. Care more about who you want to be and what you want to do.

“I am going to do my best and not care how it turns out.”

The procedural thinker doesn’t focus on exercise yet because that’s not where the process begins. Difficult processes become easier with “one step at a time” thinking; they are made nearly impossible by looking ahead. It’s n

We might use current circumstances as an excuse: I can’t run a mile because I’m tired right now.
We might fear the results won’t be good enough (another type of excuse): Running will feel miserable, and I won’t run long enough for it to matter.