I am That

Below are my favourite quotes from "The gifts of imperfection" by Brene Brown: We cannot selectively numb emotions, when we numb the painful emotions, we also numb the positive emotions. We're a nation hungry for more joy: Because we're starving from a lack of gratitude. Perfectionism is not the same thing has striving to be your best. Perfectionism is the belief that if we live perfect, look perfect, and act perfect, we can minimize or avoid the pain of blame, judgement, and shame. It’s a shield. It’s a twenty-ton shield that we lug around thinking it will protect us when, in fact, it’s the thing that’s really preventing us from flight. ‘No matter what gets done and how much is left undone, I am enough.’ It’s going to bed at night thinking,  Yes, I am imperfect and vulnerable and sometimes afraid, but that doesn’t change the truth that I am also brave and worthy of love and belonging. --

The top quotes I love from Shawn Achor's  The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work   : When we are happy—when our mindset and mood are positive—we are smarter, more motivated, and thus more successful. Happiness is the center, and success revolves around it. The Tetris Effect—When our brains get stuck in a pattern that focuses on stress, negativity, and failure, we set ourselves up to fail. This principle teaches us how to retrain our brains to spot patterns of possibility, so we can see—and seize—opportunity wherever we look. When our brains constantly scan for and focus on the positive, we profit from three of the most important tools available to us: happiness, gratitude, and optimism. The role happiness plays should be obvious—the more you pick up on the positive around you, the better you’ll feel—and we’ve already seen the advantages to performance that brings. The second mechanism at work...