“Perfectionism is teaching them [children] to value what other people think over what they think or how they feel.” -Brene Brown
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Posts Tagged ‘think’
Perfect Teaching?
Posted: October 10, 2018 in Thought for the DayTags: children, feel, people, perfectionism, teaching, think, value, what
Popularity Confession
Posted: September 21, 2018 in Thought for the DayTags: against, brain, care, confession, hard, help, liked, need, own, path, people, popular, road, self, think, unique, unpopular, voice, want, you
“Confession: I care what people think of me. I care too much! So much ‘self-help’ is about not caring what people think of you. Blaze your own path! Go the road less traveled! Be a unique voice! But my brain rebels against that. I want to be liked. When I was a kid I was very unpopular. It’s hard to get rid of the need to be popular.” -James Altucher
Think Later?
Posted: August 27, 2018 in Thought for the DayTags: can, later, sooner, think, who, win
“Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can.” -Richard Bach
“You become what you think about most of the time.” -Brian Tracy
Value You
Posted: July 1, 2018 in Thought for the DayTags: feel, others, perfectionism, think, value, you
“Perfectionism is to value what other people think over what you think or feel.” -Brene Brown
Curious Intelligence
Posted: June 22, 2018 in Thought for the DayTags: characteristic, Curios, fundamental, incurably, intelligent, mind, person, think
“I think a fundamental characteristic of an intelligent person is an incurably curious mind.” -Ken Langone
Build Focus
Posted: April 16, 2018 in Thought for the DayTags: build, can't, cancel, concentrate, concentration, concepts, distraction, energies, focus, important, interest, learn, mind, most, noise, think
“Concentration is the most important thing. And I don’t think people can concentrate too well with all the distractions.”
“So how do we cancel out the noise? How do we build that concentration?”
“You can’t cancel the noise out. You have to learn to concentrate with the world as it is. You can’t change the world. You have to find a way to focus your mind and your energies on concepts that interest you.” -Don McLean
