By learning how to fail, C-students, now as adults, are able to take greater risks, pursue their dream, and not let judgement or fear of failure hold them back, while A-students – having always been praised for perfection – feel paralyzed to move toward their dream, having never learnt how to fail, but instead learned …
Imagine this: You’re 9 years old, just came home from school, holding up your recent math test to your parent, excited to show them you’re A, gleefully looking up at them, waiting to hear how proud they are of you. Instead you hear, “What happened to the plus?” The test is handed back to you …
From a young age, we’re convincingly sold the traditional idea of how our life is supposed to go. And we follow it. We spend a huge amount of time in school, striving to get the top marks. We get into an undergraduate program, work hard, and maybe continue on to a professional school or a …
You have this idea for your dream side hustle. It makes you so excited, just the thought of it makes you feel fulfilled and energized. But it’s so different than what you are doing now, it isn’t even what you went to university for. Isn’t that strange? What is everyone going to think if I …
Can perfectionism be a good thing? No. Ever? No. The story of the undergrad Why can’t perfectionism ever be a good thing? Because perfectionism is wanting the unachievable. The unattainable. I remember reading an article in Inc. about perfectionism, that tells a story about an undergraduate student. This undergrad pressured himself to get an A …
