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Advice For My 20-Year-Old Self

Lisa Ng | Posted 12.20.2011 | Canada Living
Read More: Girls, Self Doubt, Women, Frenemies, Social Life, 20s, Self Confidence, Likeable, Perfectionist, High School, Advice for Girls, Doormat, Goal Setting, Canada Living News
Lisa Ng

Stop striving for perfection! You'll drive yourself crazy, you won't be able to stop and you won't enjoy being in the moment. A better goal is to aim to be happy instead of perfect. Perfection is overrated. If you ever attain it, you'll realize how empty it feels.

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The Difference Between Being Nice and Being Kind

Marcia Sirota | Posted 11.06.2011 | Canada Living
Read More: Co-Dependecy, People-Pleaser, Kindness vs. Niceness, Too Nice, Doormat, Happiness, Healthy Relationship, Difference Between Nice and Kind, Canada Living News
Marcia Sirota

Kindness emerges from someone who's confident, compassionate and comfortable with themselves. A kind person is loving and giving out of the goodness of their heart. At the root of extreme niceness, however, are feelings of inadequacy and the need to get approval and validation from others.

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