Full transcript of this talk here: http://karenmcgrane.com/2014/01/10/i-suck-and-so-do-you/
“Good enough” sounds like a cop-out. There’s always a way to be better, another brass ring to grab for, another level to beat. Our desire to improve has a darker flip side: self-doubt and self-criticism. We’re never good enough. We find an outlet for our negativity in our work. The internet has always been a sprawling, chaotic mess, our processes and tools feel broken, and we’re surrounded by people making foolish and incompetent decisions. What a relief to finally take the pressure off ourselves and point the finger at someone else’s mistakes! What a relief to put our energies into fixing something! Funny thing about change, though. It works a lot better if it comes from a place of kindness than from judgement. Having compassion for our clients, colleagues, and co-workers has to come from within—it starts by having compassion for ourselves.
52. Our deepest fear is not that we
are inadequate. Our deepest fear
is that we are powerful beyond
measure. It is our light, not our
darkness that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, “Who am I to
be brilliant, gorgeous, talented,
fabulous?” Actually, who are
you not to be? Your playing
small does not serve the world.
53. There is nothing enlightened
about shrinking so that other
people won't feel insecure
around you. We are all meant
to shine, as children do.
We were born to make manifest
the glory that is within us. It's
not just in some of us; it's in
everyone.
54. And as we let our own light
shine, we unconsciously give
other people permission to do
the same.
As we are liberated from our
own fear, our presence
automatically liberates others.
— Marianne Willamson