The Goal Isn't to Be Perfect Just to Be Better Than Before

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The goal is not to be perfect. The goal is to be better than before with all of the stuff we're talking about. If you just take one from the 38 we've talked about, then you've improved. It sounds so simple, a bit too. That's hard to do. But what was happening for us was it was a way to grow outside of our comfort zone. You wrestle with body issues completely when you are naked in public. And what I did that day was I collected 10 smooth stones from the beach and took them home as a way to kind of remember that experience.

Shane's guest on this episode of the show is New York Times bestselling author Neil Pasricha, who returns for his second appearance on The Knowledge Project. We discuss the importance of gratitude and how simple acts can change the way you feel, where confidence comes from, the specific routines and habits you can use to counter anxiety, the recipe for building resilience, and so much more. Pasricha is the author of seven books which collectively have sold over 2 million copies and spent over 200 weeks on bestseller lists, including The Happiness Equation and Two-Minute Mornings. His first TED talk, “The 3 A’s of Awesome,” is ranked as one of the 10 Most Inspiring of all time, and he also hosts a podcast called 3 Books, where he uncovers the 1,000 most formative books in the world. Neil previously appeared on Episode 72 of the The Knowledge Project, one of the show’s most downloaded conversations to date. His new book, Our Book of Awesome, will be released Dec. 6.

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