Not their Core Area, Yet so Smart
A while back, I expressed my surprise at Vincent van Gogh’s rational/logical side . Turns out Bruce Lee was not just brawn; he was also brain. This is what Lee had to say about perfectionism in his book, Bruce Lee: Artist of Life : “Since this ideal (perfectionism) is an impossibility, you can never live up to it. You are merely in love with this ideal, and there is no end to the self-torture, to the self-nagging, self-castrating. It hides under the mask of “self-improvement.” It never works.” I am sure all perfectionists can totally relate to that. Lee also talks about the image people try and portray. No, he isn’t talking of hypocrites. Rather his remarks about people going overboard in projecting what others expect from them: “Many people dedicate their lives to actualizing a concept of what they should be like, rather than actualizing themselves. This difference between self-actualizing and self-image actualizing is very important. Most people only live for their image....