It's Great to Suck at Something: The Unexpected Joy of Wiping Out and What It Can Teach Us About Patience, Resilience, and the Stuff that Really Matters
Karen Rinaldi
Top 10 Best Quotes
“We're going to have to bust down the door on the myth of perfectionism. We're going to have to call it what it really is: fear.”
“Self-criticism, on the other hand, is anathema to self-compassion. Once we learn to stop judging ourselves, we can look upon our lesser talents with compassion.”
“Our minds get overridden by goal setting and reward getting. Our culture has become so success-oriented that even kids don't get to play for fun anymore.”
“Gratitude become the unexpected benefit of the extreme vulnerability I felt. Once my heart opened up to how vulnerable I was, a path cleared and gratitude was quick to enter. An open heart take inventory. It's also what you do when you're on an adventure.”
“For many of us, our happiest, most joyful stories are from moments when-at the time-we experienced an acute form of failure. Broken bones and embarrassment and chagrin. Then, with time, we turn that putatively negative pathway into a hilarious one. It's just what we do. And it works.”
“it is better to act that to wish that we had. It is better to suck than to not to suck at all”
“We have to water the right seeds. If we do that, we can shift our habit energy--that negative loop that contributes to our suffering into mindfulness.”
“The secret is to keep doing them without need for answers, success, or resolution.”
“Sucking can be epic and important when it comes to sex, love, marriage, work, birth, death. That means that learning to accept sucking when the stakes are low will ultimately help us when we suck at the big stuff.”
“Rule #2: Do what you love without expectation of gain or reward, or, You are not your work.”
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