The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are

Guidepost #7, Cultivating Play and Rest: Letting Go of Exhaustion as a Status Symbol and
Productivity as Self-Worth
1
. Stuart Brown with Christopher Vaughan, Play: How It Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
and Invigorates the Soul (New York: Penguin Group, 2009).
2
. Ibid.
3
. “Sleep and Sleep Disorders: A Public Health Challenge,” www.cdc.gov/sleep/; L. R. McKnight-
Eily and others, “Perceived Insufficient Rest or Sleep—Four States, 2006,” MMWR (Morbidity and
Mortality
Weekly
Report)
57,
no.
8
(February
29,
2008):
200–203,
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5708a2.htm (accessed January 2, 2010), analyzed data
from CDC’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS).
4
. Daniel H. Pink, A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future, paperback ed.
(Penguin Group, Riverhead Books, 2006).
Guidepost #8, Cultivating Calm and Stillness: Letting Go of Anxiety as a Lifestyle
1
. Maude Bryt, Baby Love: A Tradition of Calm Parenting (New York: Dell, 1998).
2
. Harriet Lerner, The Dance of Connection: How to Talk to Someone When You’re Mad, Hurt,
Scared, Frustrated, Insulted, Betrayed, or Desperate (New York: HarperCollins, 2002).
3
. Ibid.
Guidepost #9, Cultivating Meaningful Work: Letting Go of Self-Doubt and “Supposed To”
1
. Marci Alboher, One Person/Multiple Careers: A New Model for Work/Life Success (New York:
Business Plus, 2007).
2
. Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers: The Story of Success (New York: Hachette Book Group, Little,
Brown and Company, 2008).
3
. Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist (New York: HarperCollins, 2006).
Guidepost #10, Cultivating Laughter, Song, and Dance: Letting Go of Being Cool and “Always
in Control”
1
. Barbara Ehrenreich, Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy (New York: Metropolitan
Books, 2006).

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