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Pathological Perfectionism has been very damaging, and as a result there has been a movement towards increasing acceptance of self and circumstance. Dr. Gena Gorlin argues that this is good, but it is only the first step. She presents a mindset and proposal for how we can pursue excellence in healthier ways—as builders.

Gena Gorlin • The quest for psychological perfection

Ethan Kross, a psychologist and the director of the University of Michigan Emotion and Self-Control Laboratory, says,

“We’re constantly trying to make meaning out of our experiences, and our mind is flexibly constructed to help us do so.”

Elaine Hilides • Stop Making Meaning Matter

The Wayward Mind by Guy Claxton.

Joe Vitale • Zero Limits: The Secret Hawaiian System for Wealth, Health, Peace, and More

You may produce fewer paintings or novels if you get in the habit of controlling your obsessions, but what you lose in inventory you gain in mental health.

Eric Maisel • Brainstorm

Living life as an artist is a practice. You are either engaging in the practice or you’re not.

Rick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being

Therapy builds on the idea of a return to live feelings. It’s only when we’re properly in touch with our feelings that we can correct them with the help of our more mature faculties – and thereby address the real troubles of our adult lives.

Alain De Botton • The School of Life: An Emotional Education

the true aim of life is maximum self-expression.

Mitch Horowitz • Cosmic Habit Force: How to Discover and Use Nature’s Superpower

T he art of being is the art of knowing ourselves, of accepting and existing in harmony with ourselves, and of living out, in action, the highest possibilities of our nature. It includes three basic concepts: self-awareness, self-acceptance, and self-assertion.

Nathaniel Branden • Honoring the Self: The Pyschology of Confidence and Respect

To live as an artist is a way of being in the world. A way of perceiving. A practice of paying attention. Refining our sensitivity to tune in to the more subtle notes. Looking for what draws us in and what pushes us away. Noticing what feeling tones arise and where they lead.