“There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” ~ Leonard Cohen

If you’re chasing perfection, give yourself a break. Literally.

In my 20’s, I tried to do things perfectly. The more I tried, the more I failed. No matter how good things were, I thought they could be better. No matter how well I did, I thought I could do better.

Then a mentor told me that each of us are unique in our imperfections. That it is our failures that shape us. That it is our heartaches that make us human.

The Japanese have turned this idea into an art. Kintsukuroi is the art of “r...