The Joy Of Imperfection Quotes

“a life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.”
― Damon Zahariades, The Joy Of Imperfection: 18 Simple Steps to Silencing Your Inner Critic, Overcoming Perfectionism, and Embracing Your Imperfect Life!

“For example, suppose you intend to clean your home. You normally need five hours to make it appear spotless. This allows for vacuuming and mopping the floors, cleaning the countertops, washing the dishes, dusting and polishing the furniture, cleaning the appliances, washing the windows, sweeping the patio, and more. Now, impose a challenging time limit upon yourself. For instance, rather than allowing yourself five hours, give yourself two hours. Then, get as much cleaning done as possible in those two hours.”
― Damon Zahariades, The Joy Of Imperfection: 18 Simple Steps to Silencing Your Inner Critic, Overcoming Perfectionism, and Embracing Your Imperfect Life!

“Perfectionists thrive on others’ approval. This approval has a substantial influence on their sense of self-worth. As their thinking goes, if others approve of them, they must be worth something.”
― Damon Zahariades, The Joy Of Imperfection: 18 Simple Steps to Silencing Your Inner Critic, Overcoming Perfectionism, and Embracing Your Imperfect Life!

“Perfectionists are even more resistant to change. It wrests control from their hands. It makes them feel as if they have less influence over their environment. This feeling, in turn, elevates their sense of vulnerability because they presume the odds that something will go wrong are greater.”
― Damon Zahariades, The Joy Of Imperfection: 18 Simple Steps to Silencing Your Inner Critic, Overcoming Perfectionism, and Embracing Your Imperfect Life!

“All perfectionists see things in black and white. Succeed versus fail. Good versus bad. Acceptable versus unacceptable. There’s no room for error.”
― Damon Zahariades, The Joy Of Imperfection: 18 Simple Steps to Silencing Your Inner Critic, Overcoming Perfectionism, and Embracing Your Imperfect Life!

“A perfectionist will work on a task or project until he or she feels it is perfect. The downside of doing so is wasted time. When “good enough” will suffice, perfection is an unnecessary luxury, and oftentimes a costly one.”
― Damon Zahariades, The Joy Of Imperfection: 18 Simple Steps to Silencing Your Inner Critic, Overcoming Perfectionism, and Embracing Your Imperfect Life!

“Parkinson’s law. This law states that "work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.”
― Damon Zahariades, The Joy Of Imperfection: 18 Simple Steps to Silencing Your Inner Critic, Overcoming Perfectionism, and Embracing Your Imperfect Life!