MIKE MARKKULA

• Remember, the proper direction of philosophy - of all the things we're doing here - is focused inward. To make ourselves better and to leave other people to that task for themselves and their own journey. Our faults are in our control, and so we turn to philosophy to help scrape them off lik...

We do not see people as they are, but as they appear to us:

• people have trained themselves in social situations to present the front that is appropriate and that will be judged positively. 
• we fall for the halo effect : when we see certain negative or positive qualitie...

Perfectionists tend to notice mistakes and often notice them above all else. But you can soften this tendency by consciously trying to notice the good in things.

When you spot perceived flaws look for five other qualities that you do like....