Tina... I like to say that we are all PERFECLTY imperfect.

Cute Post.

Keep Staging it forward...

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Tina a very interesting post.  Like you I accept the fact that I am imperfect and learn from my mistakes. I find it difficult being around people who think they are perfect and have the same expectation for others.

I am so far from perfect that it isn't funny.  When someone I know thinks they are so perfect, I ask them to prove it and walk on water.  None of them have been able to do it yet!

Its the mistakes that give us the knowledge that we NEVER forget.

Good post.

I think it's a mistake to think that I can ever be "perfect".  I think I just learned from that! How about striving for continuous improvement?

Tina - I just noticed you are based in Halifax.  Unfortunately the only opportunity I've had to visit there was 5 days on the Shearwater base as Suzanne and I were on our way to Atlanta from London on 9/11.  I think we were the last but one aircraft to land that day - out of the 50+ wide-bodies that invaded Halifax.  We still remember the lengths the entire community went to in order to make everyone as welcome and as comfortable as possible under very difficult circumstances.  Thank You!

Thanks for sharing! 

That's what I used to tell my parents when I brought home my report card from school:

"Mom/Dad, if I had straight A's, there would be no room for improvement".

Of course, that excuse worked for about 1 semester.

Tina, Have fun working on perfection.

One of my favorite sayings is taken from Joann Fossland...Life is too short to perfect your weaknesses.

The best part about my 40's is I realize the older I get the further away from being perfect I am. And the best part is I am more comfortable now in my skin than I ever was in my 20's or 30's... It keeps getting better!

Hi Tina, glad to hear you are human! LOL  I have been in the real estate business for over 27 years and at the age of 50 keep making mistakes.  I just keep putting one foot in front of the other and try to do better.  Keep up the fight and "You Go Girl"!

Tina, thanks for the laugh. Perfection is vastly overrated, it's the quirks and flaws that make us who we are - and hopefully less judgemental of others! We may not always learn best from our mistakes, but it tends to stick!

Ahhh... Isn't perfect boring? I love the challenge of trying and working at it...I'd hate to be perfect :)

Perfection is good but often 99% is close enough.

If it takes you as long to achieve that final 1% as it did to get to the 99 percentile level have you really gained much???

Tina, I love your attitude, I am a happy to report at 55, I still make mistakes, and am still learning from others.  I come here and read so many good post, as is yours, and learn even more, which reduces my mess ups.  LOL, now is that a line or what.  But it is true, we can learn from others from here.  Your attitude is what is going to keep you on top of things in this profession.  Just remember there was only one person on earth that was perfect, and still is.  Keep smiling and have a great day.

I absolutely loved your post--Good going, girl!  I always said the greatest gift I ever learned in life was when I FINALLY realized that everyone in the world wouldn't like me and it was okay. 

If I had never made mistakes, I never would have moved foward.  It is interesting to note, that some of the most successful people readily admit to the mistakes they made and how much then learned.  I used to strive for perfection in everything - now I look for ways to grow and get out of my confort zone!  It is a lot more fun trying new things than doing the same thing over and over.  It is good to get some mentors and a support system in place before you take the leap!

I know exactly what you mean about the grocery line.  I too am a type-A personality.  Valium has helped a great deal. 

(Kidding!)

Your goal to be perfect was your largest imprefection! Nobody is and nobody ever will be. Go with the flow, learn from your mistakes, do your best and enjoy the ride! :)

When you hit 50 "perfect" leaves your vocabulary - it's very freeing to be in the second half of your life - you follow your own drummer rather than the world's. Just remember - at the end of your life, you'll have more regrets over what you didn't do, than over what you did do.

I myself claim to be a perfectionist.  I am a very organized individual and put more pressure on myself than others.  But, I do have patience with other people and in the grocery line!

I know how frustrating that grocery line can be.  You showed real grace under pressure.  You kept you cool and made the cashier feel better too I'm sure.  Way to go!

I've always been more of a 'doer' & sometimes I fail & sometimes I succeed. But without my failures it would have taken me much longer to get the success.

LOL, no! By the time you are 50 you will have forgot to ever making a mistake!  Life is perfect.

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It's amazing how much of a good question your blog title is....

Tina,

If only more people could come to that realization......

I think it comes with age. When you are young, you have so many high-in-the-sky ideals. After a few years, you come back down to earth.

Tina, I have found that I too had spent a lot of time trying to be perfect at everything. What I didn't realize was I was so busy trying to be perfect that eventually all I did was to just keep making lots of mistakes, and never perfected anything.

Thank you very much for sharing, I am learning myself not to sweat the small stuff!

Always striving and yet never achieving - that is life.

So now you are mellowing with age?