Showing posts with label Harriet Braiker. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Harriet Braiker. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Perfect!

"Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing." --Harriet Braiker, American psychologist and writer. (Thanks to ASCD SmartBrief for its "Quote of the Day".)

Is it because striving for excellence embraces mistakes along the way?  And that striving for perfection entails a fear of mistakes?