Often times, the signs of social anxiety tend to show up in the body before your brain can talk you down, Angela Neal-Barnett ...

2. Own your mistakes. One of the biggest traps of perfectionism is the belief that you can’t make mistakes. And if you do, you will ruin everything or, worse, be seen as weak or a failure.

And so they did. What a great lesson. The scientist learned at that moment that mistakes were a natural part of the learning process and that you should never be afraid of making mistakes.

Are you afraid of anything? If you are, don’t be “scared” to admit it because, even so, you are in good company. For instance, our nation’s first president, George Washington, was afraid ...