1. Brené Brown from her book, The Gifts of Imperfection: “Most of us spend our lives trying to be, and seem, ‘perfect.’ We try to protect ourselves. It can sometimes be difficult to drop the pretense and own up to your flaws and faults – it takes courage. But what’s the greatest risk? Letting go […]
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Are you willing to use your rough edges or create deliberate flaws to be different? Perhaps you should intentionally leave something “out” or “in” to create imperfection? This practice in Japan is called Wabi-Sabi. Wabi-Sabi is based on the belief that nature is beautiful and nature is imperfect. Therefore, we can make objects that are
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“We know, we never thought we’d be saying this either.” That was the message on Facebook from BURGER KING® UK. Here is the full message: ORDER FROM McDONALD’S. We never thought we’d be asking you to do this. Just like we never thought we’d be encouraging you to order from KFC, Subway, Domino’s Pizza, Pizza
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“Very Nice” If you are not familiar with the phrase, it’s commonly used by Borat. And it now being used by Kazakhstan in a new tourism campaign. The ads feature tourists hiking, drinking alcoholic horse milk, meeting locals, and marveling at Kazakh architecture. This is a great example of the Pink Goldfish of flaunting. They
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“METH – I’M ON IT.” South Dakota has a campaign to fight the growing issue of meth. The campaign is FLAWSOM and is drawing attention. South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem is embracing weakness and trying to take on the state’s methamphetamine crisis head-on. In a news release, officials underscored the importance of combating drug use.
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