Jake Burhans argues that suffering comes from expecting perfection in presentations, sales calls, meetings, family, and relationships when we're fundamentally imperfect. Aiming high matters, but you have to give yourself grace when things don't go as planned.
You know what's the wildest thing? This is the root of so much suffering, so much suffering. We are imperfect beings and we have these perfect expectations for everything in our life. The presentation, the sales call, the business meeting, our family life, our relationship. We want everything to be perfect. We have these perfect ideals of how everything's gonna be, but we are inherently imperfect beings. So there's a little bit of a disconnect there. So give yourself some grace. Yes, shoot for the stars, but it's okay if you land on the moon. It's okay if it doesn't go perfectly. Understand the key takeaways and move on.
