Do you ever feel like some days start out with everyone letting you know what you do wrong? Typo here, bad link, author box broken, and so on and so on. Perfection, it is my biggest challenge. It makes me sad that people want perfect. I haven’t met perfect yet.

I often just wanna say:

Perfection: It’s expected huh?

I appreciate people telling me, when my perfection is lacking because I know how far from perfect I am, but man, some days, I hit the “you f-ed up Ann” jackpot! Saying thank you with grace is the challenge isn’t it? Ok, maybe saying thank you without sounding like you are making an excuse is the bigger challenge! Harder yet, is when you try and say thank you, fix it and they have written you off because you were not perfect the first time.

Breathe.

Did that help?

Some. Maybe we could all learn to love the imperfection of who we are. Man, that would be awesome sauce. Maybe we can love excellence instead of perfection. Hmmmm…that might be how I need to take all this feedback. I am striving for excellence, so thank you! It is a mental mind shift isn’t it?

How do you stay, happy, motivated and influential when everything coming at you says you lack perfection?

Ann M. Evanston is a “Chief Breakthrough Officer” teaching other Business Warriors how to slow down, and find the most unique part of their business that makes them stand out among the crowd. She has been named one of the top marketing consultants by About.com, is a guest blogger for Showcasing Women and takes pride in moving you from “blah, blah, blah” to “BOOM, BOOM. BOOM!”