Dare to Lead by Brené Brownby Parker on TwosHealthy striving is self-focused: how can I improve? Perfectionism is other-focused: what will people think? Perfectionism is a hustlePerfectionism is not the key to success. Perfectionism hampers achievement. Perfectionism is correlated with depression, anxiety, addiction, and life paralysis, or missed opportunities. The fear of failing, making mistakes, not netting people’s expectations, and being criticized keeps us outside the arena where healthy competition and striving unfoldsWherever you go, there you areYou’re only as sick as your secretsEasy does itOne day at a timeLive and let liveTo thine own self be trueIt’s not what you do; it’s why you do it that makes the differenceAgency is belief in our ability to stay on the path until we’ve arrivedCriticism often arises from fear of feelings of unworthiness. Criticism shifts the spotlight off us and onto someone or something else. Suddenly we feel safer. And better than