I just listened to the most infuriating TED Talk. It was a recommended link on the topic of feeling like you’re not good enough.
The talk was about shame and vulnerability, how we need to face our shame head on. OK.
She went on to say that we all fail hundreds of times, but we can’t talk about that. No one wants to talk about the failures because of the shame. That is why we believe so much in overnight success. We don’t see the years of failure that led up to that success.
That leads to the voices in your head that say – you’re not good enough, smart enough, pretty enough, blah, blah, blah.
I was enjoying the talk up to that point and looking forward to some good wisdom.
At this point she says that the perfect example of how shame effects a woman is the Enjoli commercial –
Excuse me?
I want to do it all, and I want to do it all the best that I can.
I want to be successful.
I want to have a clean, calm, nurturing home.
I want to have a healthy diet, cook great meals, have tons of energy, and look great.
I’ve raised my daughter to live a healthy lifestyle and keep a clean house, and strive for success.
I’m sorry, there is nothing wrong with trying to be your best in all you do- And I will not be ashamed.
I think that many of the problems in our world today stems from all of the excuses for not trying to be our best.
Does that mean that I achieve perfection in all I do? Heck no. Far, far from it. I have some really big failures. Some of which I am ashamed about. And that drives me to work harder to do better.
I rarely have trouble sleeping. I go to bed knowing that I gave it my all that day.
And that is nothing to be ashamed about.
Do your best to be exceptional. It is much more fulfilling.
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