Healthy striving is self-focused: How can I improve? Perfectionism is …

Brené Brown
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Healthy striving is self-focused: How can I improve? Perfectionism is other-focused: What will they think? ✨ The Gifts of Imperfection. Book by Brené Brown, 2010.
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