Life's Negotiations - the ones you make everyday
as you take on something new.

Life's Negotiations

Fully steeped in adulthood, surrounded by decisions, responsibility and people counting on you requires a certain negotiation between what you want and what others want.

Friday, December 07, 2007 New York Timeslife coachingin the newshappiness
Unhappy? Self-critical? Check, check.

I've written previously about pushing yourself further, that we're able to do more than we're doing.

In the wrong hands, this theory becomes rigid. You could always do more, so what you're doing right now is not good enough.

The New York Times had a great article on this very subject: "Unhappy? Self-Critical? Maybe You're Just a Perfectionist" by Benedict Carey.