Nobody’s Perfect
NOBODY’S PERFECT
I’m not perfect
Nobody’s perfect
I’m only human
You’re only human, tooI make mistakes
I admit to my mistakes
I learn from my mistakes
I’m not good at everything
But I am good at some thingsThere’s not a perfect person
There’s not a perfect family
There’s not a perfect job or school
There’s not a perfect anything…
But some things come close to being perfectSO…I don’t pretend to be something I’m not
I am the solver of problems, not the causer of problems
I have the courage to change
I do something different when what I’m doing isn’t working
I am not afraid to fail because that’s how I learn new solutionsLife isn’t perfect…AND
I’m not perfect
You’re not perfect…
And that’s got to somehow be perfectly OK
©2008 Dennis E. O’Grady
THE TALKOLOGIST
What’s so dreadful about being ordinary? What is ordinary? Isn’t ordinary to one person, perfection to another, and yet a failure to someone else?
I wrote “Nobody’s Perfect” to encourage all of us be brave and have the courage to change, against all odds and barriers we encounter on our journey through life. Can we teach our teens, our fellow parents, and friends and associates to release ourselves from the prison of perfectionism? Of course, no one knows the answer to that question, unless new solutions to old problems are taken for a test spin. The Talk to Me© system will get you out of the box in which you’re stuck, that’s feeling like a coffin.
Empathizers (E-types) think they are failures when life isn’t working out perfectly for them, and their bowl of beautiful cherries turn out to be mostly pits that are chipping their teeth. In contrast, Instigators (I-types) feel inferior when lemons are being thrown at them, and making lemonade or opening up a lemonade stand seems unrealistic.
Whatever your communicator type, no longer should you think you have to be perfect in order to be liked or respected!
ABOUT LEADERSHIP COMMUNICATION TRAINING EXPERT DENNIS E. O’GRADY, PSY.D.
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“And that’s got to somehow be perfectly OK”.
I couldn’t have said it better myself. Amen brother. Viva la difference!
If only the super anal perfectionistic german engineer that I work for “really” knew this through and through. You see, in his personal book on life the world consists of only weights and measures, value or worthlessnes. It’s black or white. Right or wrong. Life cannot be a dial with varying degrees but an on/off switch with only correct/incorrect as possible settings. There is a right way and a wrong way to do everything and he has in his own mind perfected everything that he does the right way. He even touts this with a screensaver message self-affirming this to himself every day.
Now, when I take the proverbial helicopter ride to the ceiling, and I try to understand all parties, I can only come to the conclusion that humility and mercy are effective cures for pride and perfectionism:
humility – We need to realize that while we are busy looking “down” on others it is absolutely impossible for us to look “up” and see someone infinitely perfect (in heaven) looking down on us. That pretty much puts that in perspective.
mercy – As you are forgiven for your inperfections, keep a kind eye out for your brother. And, work hard to help him in any way.
Comment by Victor — February 18, 2008 @ 9:16 pm