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We often come into contact with the
idea that our best isn’t good enough, as if this was actually possible.
If you examine this notion, you will begin to see that it doesn’t make
much sense. Your best is always good enough because it comes from you,
and you are always good enough. You may not be able to deliver someone
else’s idea of the best, but the good news is that’s not your burden. You
only need to fulfill your own potential. As long as you remain true to
that calling and always do your best to fulfill your purpose, you don’t
need to expect anything more from yourself.
It’s easy to get tangled up with the
idea of trying to be the best — the best parent, the best employee, the
best child, or best friend. If we try to be the best, we run the risk of
short-circuiting our originality because we are striving to fit into someone
else’s vision of success. In addition, if everyone is striving for the
same outcome, we lose out on creativity, diversity, and visionary
alternatives to the way things are done. On another note, there is
nothing wrong with wanting to improve, but examining where this feeling
comes from is important because wanting to be better than others is our
ego coming into play.
Letting go of the tendency to hold
ourselves up to other people’s standards, and letting go of the belief
that we need to compete and win, doesn’t mean we don’t believe in doing
the best job we can. We always strive to do our best because when we do,
we create a life free of regret, knowing we have performed to the best of
our ability. This allows us to feel great personal satisfaction in all of
our efforts, regardless of how others perceive the outcome.
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