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Perfection is an illusion. Pursuing it is a recipe for unhappiness
There are many ways in which people can make life hard on themselves. One of the best ways to do so, is without a doubt the pursuit of perfection. Perfectionism is a recipe…
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Fromm’s The art of loving
My favorite quote from Erich Fromm’s book The Art of Loving is this one: “There is hardly any activity, any enterprise, which is started with such tremendous hopes and expectations, and yet which…
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On failing
When something goes wrong, a lot of people blame themselves. They feel they have failed, they are to blame. Does that sound familiar? In that case I would like to share an analogy…