We’re not Perfect and it’s Not Easy

Real Life Advice without Illusion or Delusion

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It’s easy to forget that, on the flipside of an Instagram-filtered life, the World is a stratified mess, where effort is everything and perfection doesn’t exist. We are not perfect and it is not easy.

But, we are in the process of making this better, engaging in a real discussion about how we can proceed further in the right direction.
Let’s be honest about how hard it is.

The Myth of Perfection

We’re often encouraged to aim for perfection. But a quest for the impossible leaves us doomed to failure. The way to succeed is not to try to be perfect but to accept our imperfections and work around them.

“I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” — Michael Jordan.

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