Managers: Embrace your flawedness - and everyone's. @brenebrown

I love this article from Brene Brown called, Want to be Happy? Stop trying to be perfect.

When I teach management, I often talk about how we are all highly flawed and highly talented and embracing it all is a recipe for success (not just the talent part). I don't freak out when people do annoying or strange little things - we all do this. I don't let a botched delivery get in the way of great intent. I have stopped hiding my scars because I know everyone can see them. We are our idiosyncrasies.

I was talking to someone recently who pointed out a typo on one of my blog posts. I thought, "really, that's what you want to talk about?" I bet I have more typos than freckles in the sunshine. But seriously, how we think about flaws and imperfections can become barriers - or not if we don't stop to take too much notice.

And besides, most of it is in the eye of the beholder which means it is all bunk.

Comments

[Mary Legakis]

Well said! And if you believe the general universal truth of "what you think about you bring about", I would hazard a guess that those who seek out the flaws are often most bogged down by their own flaws and being held back as a result. The flaws of others are merely a mirror into their own world.