Like She Owns The Place book review

What is perfect? You know what's perfect? Checking off 70% of my to-do list for the day.Because it's a long list. Keep reading to find out what book we're talking about today. 

Hello everyone, this is Kyla Denanyoh, and today we're discussing another exceptional book. I recently realized that perfection is a hoax. Completely made up. It's not made up in terms of like engineering and medicine and things like that. However, let's discuss why perfection is not the ultimate goal. 

Today, we're discussing the book "Like She Owns The Place." Cara Awill-Leyba writes this book. I discovered this book, with its pink-haired character, and it immediately caught my attention. She's written three other books; I need to go back and read those. She has a podcast, so I had to start listening to that. I'm just completely standing. The book's genre is nonfiction. The theme of the book is business and economic self-motivation.

So we're going to jump straight into perfection and what it has to do with this book. And that is my favorite quote, which is from page 77. She writes, "I think many of us feel that confidence comes after we achieve perfection, which never happens because perfection doesn't exist." Perfection doesn't exist. The reason I love that quote is that Cara cuts through all your excuses. All right, I'll do it when I'm perfect. I'll do it when my body is perfect. I'll go to the beach when my book is perfect. I'll submit it. No, no, no, no, no. She submitted her book to over 19 publishers, kept getting rejected, and decided to self-publish. And now she's on her fourth book.

So, the truth is, perfection is this big-hyped-up thing that we just use as an excuse. Often, people use the pursuit of perfection as a way to procrastinate. If you're being honest, does the thing have to be perfect, or do you just really not want to do it? Does the thing have to be perfect, or are you scared of the result? Does the thing have to be perfect, or are you terrified to put yourself out there? It's probably one of those things. 

Another significant aspect in this book that ties into the concept of perfection is Cara's discussion of guilt. And I'm referring to the classic guilt that we're all familiar with. Your mom makes little side comments, and then you feel weird for the rest of the day. Or, your friend makes a little side snub, and then you feel that way about it. And like, enough. You are only one person. Let yourself be human. Cara writes, you are allowed to be human. You are allowed to let the ball drop. You are allowed to make mistakes. 

And what I loved about that is that Cara says you have to prioritize yourself. We often have lists of all the things we need to accomplish and all the tasks that need to be completed for the day. Is meditation on that list? Is going to drink a glass of water on that list? And if it is, don't feel guilty if you don't drink the water, right? You can't add things and then add guilt. That's right. Like, add yourself to your list. Make yourself a priority. And I love that. I absolutely loved it. And let me tell you another thing. Often, people have to grow into their ambitions. They have to grow into their goals.

Until the next book review,

Kyla