You are special and you are unique, but you…
You are special and you are unique, but you are not perfect. There is nobody with who is perfect. And everybody is unique special. That is how God created the world. Acceptance of being potentially flawed is the first and most important factor in success. Without this acceptance one connect grow or improve.
— from Who Is Flying (Self, Nature & Nurture)
In the book
We measure ourselves against other people's highlight reels and come away diminished every time, because comparison is the very thief of joy, the lowest gear on the treadmill of discontent. You are unique — and so is everyone else, which is its own quiet joke — and you are also not perfect, because no one is. And one last poison rides along with all the others: self-importance, which is exhausting to maintain. — Who Is Flying (Self, Nature & Nurture)
Be opportunity-minded rather than problem-minded, spending your attention on what could be built rather than on what is wrong. And accept, at the very foundation, that you are flawed — accepting your own imperfection is the first requirement of success, because without that acceptance you cannot grow or improve at all. Two more things matter here, and they pull in tension, which is exactly right. […] Feed the right fuel. Lean on autonomy, mastery, and purpose; do what you genuinely enjoy; and check that the drive is honestly your own. Measure by greatness, not the scoreboard; accept your own imperfection; and do your maximum, not perfection. To my children, and to theirs: — Goals, Action & Defining Success (Goal/Action/Success/Motivation)