You’re Not Perfect and You Never Will Be: 12 Reasons Why That’s a Good Thing
你不完美且永远不会完美：12大原因解密这可是件好事情
1. No one gasps(v.气喘吁吁地说) in horror when you inevitably screw something up. Instead, you can get away with an “Oops” and a charming smile.
2. When you do get something incredibly right, you get to celebrate and bask(v.享受乐趣) in the glory–not get a chorus(n.合唱) of “Yeah, yeah—what else is new?”
3. You get to try new things without fearing they’ll ruin your perfect track record.
4. People trust your advice because it came from trial and error, not from some superhuman talent.
5. Expecting amazing things from yourself can be a great thing. Having the outside world expect amazing things from you can be soul-crushing. Just ask Superman.
6. Sometimes the best ideas, art, and inspiration come from mistakes.
7. Who wants to color inside the lines all the time or live life like a paint by number?
8. The straight and narrow may be the fastest way to get somewhere, but it sure as hell isn’t the most exciting or even fulfilling.
9. Incredibly high standards of perfection can only alienate(v.疏远) the people in your life and make them feel judged.
10. Having “off” days is a part of life. They’re what make the other days sparkle.
11. Perfection is so much more thrilling(adj.令人发抖的，毛骨悚然的) when it hasn’t become routine and mundane(adj.世俗的，平凡的).
12. Persistence can work just as well as perfectionism, without all the stress and guilt.
What do you think? Is perfection overrated(v.过高估价)?
注：Painting by Numbers is a system where a picture is divided into shapes, each marked with a number that corresponds to a particular color. You paint in each
shape and ultimately the picture emerges as a finished painting.
