While loving excellence is a great thing, the ego turns it into something very unhealthy: unattainable perfectionism, a burden that crushes many.
Source: Leggo’ Of Your Ego: The Difference between Perfectionism and Excellence
Tag: Personal Development
Time Tracking As A Tool To Build The Life You Want Instead Of Living the Life You Are Caught In – Sahar’s Blog
Time tracking seems tedious, and to a certain extent, it is. But it will help you so much in making the most of the time you have that it is well worth it.
The Potent Combination of Resignation and Empowerment – Journalling Joy on Sahar’s Blog
Empowerment is tricky. Too little, you get nowhere. Too much, it morphs into arrogance. But just enough balanced with resignation makes it very potent.
Source: The Potent Combination of Resignation and Empowerment – Journalling Joy on Sahar’s Blog
The Limitations of Shocking People Out of Apathy In The Hopes Of Building A Better World – Sahar’s Blog
Building a better world won’t happen in the face of widespread apathy. But trying to shock people out of their apathy is not the way to go about it.
Worrying About Your Little One: Part of the Job or Societal Imposition? — Sahar’s Blog
It seems like worrying has become the new “good parent” badge which, if not worn and worn out, proves that one isn’t a good parent–or does it?
Source: Worrying About Your Little One: Part of the Job or Societal Imposition? — Sahar’s Blog
The Delicate Dance of Virtues: Are You Doing It Right? – Sahar’s Blog
It might seem easy at first: to become a good person, develop virtues. But pretty early on, we find out that it’s not quite that simple.
Source: The Delicate Dance of Virtues: Are You Doing It Right? – Sahar’s Blog
The Power of an Internal Incentive to Behave – Sahar’s Blog
Wanting to behave because of an internal incentive is a lot more powerful, sustainable, and helpful than doing so because of an external incentive.
Source: The Power of an Internal Incentive to Behave – Sahar’s Blog
It’s Not All About The Nausea: Pregnancy As a Transformative Experience
Pregnancy isn’t all about the nausea or even about the baby: it’s a process of deep transformation that changes the very way we see everything.
Source: It’s Not All About The Nausea: Pregnancy As a Transformative Experience
So About That Echo Chamber We’re Stuck — Sahar’s Blog
So we are all, to a certain extent, stuck in an echo chamber apparently. That’s not good–so the question is, how do we get out of it?
Source: So About That Echo Chamber We’re Stuck — Sahar’s Blog
Some Thoughts on Supporting the Partner of a Pregnant Woman
We often forget, when a woman is pregnant, that there is also a lot of pressure on her partner who needs just as much support as she does. Why?
Source: Some Thoughts on Supporting the Partner of a Pregnant Woman
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