Sunday, March 21, 2021

50 Titles per Year Book Club - 9th Reading - The Joy of Imperfection

 This was actually my first reading of the year but only now I had the chance to write a little about this title. This is from the series "Damon Zahariades guides", similar to the ones I already posted here. But this one I think was the most useful of them for me. I could see myself in this book. It talks how you can sabotage yourself trying to do everything "perfectly". But he says that "perfect" is not real. It is almost impossible to things 100% perfectly and sometimes we waste a lot of time paying attention to small details and or trying to impress others but it does not always work how we plan. 

Besides wasting time and energy, you also get stressed and even depressed when you are not completely satisfied with the results of your work because you want everything to be always perfect. Sometimes there are many factors that are out of your control and you just can't get everything the way you want. So, sometimes it is better to just let it go. 



Moreover, sometimes you get paralyzed because you think your work is not perfect but you don't know what to do next and you can't even ask for help. People can't even help you because you want something made your way and sometimes you can't even explain what you need. Also, you can't accept criticism because you want to be perfect and want things your way. 

The trick is to just do your best and accept what you can't control and when you don't find a way to proceed, ask for help. Things will work somehow.

Title: The Joy of Imperfection

Author: Damon Zahariades

Pages: 139

Year: 2017

Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B077C6T24Z/ref=redir_mobile_desktop?_encoding=UTF8&%2AVersion%2A=1&%2Aentries%2A=0

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