Being perfectionistic or hyper-competitive can motivate you to produce, accomplish and outperform others, but it won’t help satisfy the underlying yearning that drives this behavior: the need for approval. No matter how much admiration you get from the outside world, the glow will be short-lived until you love and accept yourself. Self-love and acceptance doesn’t diminish the quality of your performance, it just means you take action with a different motive. Instead of trying to prove yourself, you do it…
For the love of it.
