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It's Great to Suck at Something: The Exceptional Benefits of Being Unexceptional QUOTES

It's Great to Suck at Something: The Exceptional Benefits of Being Unexceptional QUOTES

1 " We have to water the right seeds. If we do that, we can shift our habit energy--that negative loop that contributes to our suffering into mindfulness. "

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2 " Self-criticism, on the other hand, is anathema to self-compassion. Once we learn to stop judging ourselves, we can look upon our lesser talents with compassion. "

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3 " For many of us, our happiest, most joyful stories are from moments when-at the time-we experienced an acute form of failure. Broken bones and embarrassment and chagrin. Then, with time, we turn that putatively negative pathway into a hilarious one. It's just what we do. And it works. "

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4 " it is better to act that to wish that we had. It is better to suck than to not to suck at all "

― , It's Great to Suck at Something: The Exceptional Benefits of Being Unexceptional

5 " Sucking can be epic and important when it comes to sex, love, marriage, work, birth, death. That means that learning to accept sucking when the stakes are low will ultimately help us when we suck at the big stuff. "

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6 " Our minds get overridden by goal setting and reward getting. Our culture has become so success-oriented that even kids don't get to play for fun anymore. "

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7 " We're going to have to bust down the door on the myth of perfectionism. We're going to have to call it what it really is: fear. "

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8 " Gratitude become the unexpected benefit of the extreme vulnerability I felt. Once my heart opened up to how vulnerable I was, a path cleared and gratitude was quick to enter. An open heart take inventory. It's also what you do when you're on an adventure. "

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9 " Because we are so geared toward success and reward above all, we fail to set aside space in our lives to cultivate new talents and interests. "

― , It's Great to Suck at Something: The Exceptional Benefits of Being Unexceptional

10 " I believe happiness itself is found in accepting, even dwelling in, what we fail to excel at. "

― , It's Great to Suck at Something: The Exceptional Benefits of Being Unexceptional

11 " Anyone who is critical of himself is always critical of others. And as long as we are so preoccupied with the fallacious assumption of the importance of mistakes, we can’t take mistakes in our stride. "

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12 " It's hard to suck at something if you don't have a sense of play, and if you don't know how to play, you'll never suck at something. "

― , It's Great to Suck at Something: The Exceptional Benefits of Being Unexceptional

13 " Rule #2: Do what you love without expectation of gain or reward, or, You are not your work. "

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14 " The secret is to keep doing them without need for answers, success, or resolution. "

― , It's Great to Suck at Something: The Exceptional Benefits of Being Unexceptional