Perfectly You

"The thing that is really hard and really amazing is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself."

-Anna Quindlen

As we endeavor to achieve a grand goal, we face those inevitable pitfalls. We stumble, get down on ourselves and sometimes lose sight of our goal. A sense of failure moves in. Then we look at others and thoughts like this wander in: If I only had more willpower or if only I were smarter or if only I had more money.

The if onlys creep into our psyches and lead us to believe that we constantly need something we don't have in order to be successful. If you really want to achieve your goals, it's time to say poo poo to the the if onlys. Nobody's perfect. Believe it or not, you too have something that someone else looks at with envy. Yes, you!

The first thing we can do to move past the if onlys, the silly little voices in our heads (because that's all they are) is to be aware of them. Next, recognize that these stumbles are simply bumps in the road. When we see them for what they really are, they become powerless to stand in the way of our goals.