All You can Ask for is Your Best

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Published by Rachelle Disbennett-Lee
Sunday, July 14, 2002
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Very seldom do people set out to do their worst. Most of us want to do our very best. The problem comes when our best isn't good enough. Those of us who suffer from perfectionism never think anything is good enough. I have learned that all I can do is my best. If I truly have the intention of doing my best, and do my best, how things work out can only be for the best.

Coaching

Doing your best is the best you can do. Doing your best does not mean that you do something perfectly or that you won't make mistakes. It means that you did the very best you could do at the time. Oftentimes we expect perfection our first time. Life is not about creating perfection, it is about doing the very best you can do and then letting go. Once you do your best, learn from the experience. You now can add that experience to your toolbox of life and do your best at a different level the next time.

As we learn and grow the level of our best goes up. The only way we can keep doing our best and learning and growing is by doing. And that doing includes making mistakes. Sometimes mistakes are the best we can do.

Are you doing your best?

Daily Success Formula

Doing you best = Learning + Growing + Making Mistakes

Quotes

"Women are always being tested . . . but ultimately, each of us has to define who we are individually and then do the very best job we can to grow into it." Hillary Rodham Clinton

"Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later." Og Mandino

"Remember you will not always win. Some days, the most resourceful individual will taste defeat. But there is, in this case, always tomorrow -- after you have done your best to achieve success today." Maxwell Maltz

"You must accept that you might fail; then, if you do your best and still don't win, at least you can be satisfied that you've tried." Rosalynn Carter