The suggestions she has made are actually really good and far better than I would have come up with in such a short time. She does have a fair amount of experience reading through thousands of resumés that cover the full spectrum of brilliant to ghastly, as she works in recruiting.

Relationships are catalysts for improvement. Learning is always sharpen and expanded by external perspectives.

This is a terrible approach in many respects, because it tends to gloss over achievements and for many people, it probably feels like what they have done is not good enough.

perfection vis-a-v-s acceptance? Human ambition and journey are always well placed on "what's next" but not on the "Moment's best effort".

There is only now.

While life is not static and constantly finds meaning in motion, we can not undermine the past because most of our lessons come from past experiences However I would always give more weightage to NOW. Because NOW is the pivot between past and present. The forward momentum of the future is underpinned by past's expereince, and mindful moments of NOW.