Guilt serves a powerful social function in terms of policing our behavior.

You don't have to do anything especially worthy to create or deserve self-esteem; all you have to do is turn off that critical, haranguing, inner voice.

Perfection' is man's ultimate illusion. It simply doesn't exist in the universe.... If you are a perfectionist, you are guaranteed to be a loser in whatever you do.

Assert your right to make a few mistakes. If people can't accept your imperfections, that's their fault.

Accept yourself. But realize your behaviors can be bad.

Learning to accept failure on multiple levels is, to my way of thinking, the key to become a world-class therapist. But that means humility, and setting your ego aside, while you develop superb new technical skills.

Guilt serves a powerful social function in terms of policing our behavior.