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Sunday, July 6, 2014

Perfectionism As A Crippling Imperfection

Anorexia -- like continual tax cuts -- are forms of crippling perfectionism.

Health requires "fat."

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"Is Perfectionism A Curse: Paul Ryan Tells The Truth"

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What stands between us and that return to our core is the chronic perfectionism against which Anne Lamott so eloquently admonished. Cameron writes:
We are victims of our own internalized perfectionist, a nasty internal and eternal critic, the Censor, who resides in our (left) brain and keeps up a constant stream of subversive remarks that are often disguised as the truth. . . . Make this a rule: always remember that your Censor’s negative opinions are not the truth. This takes practice. By spilling out of bed and straight onto the page every morning, you learn to evade the Censor.


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