Re: Please share the best way to prepare for the SATs
To tell you the truth, what school you go to, your rank, the company you work for, your job title, none of this matters if you’re not happy doing what you’re doing.
I went to a top school and graduated as my class valedictorian. I ended up working with people with similar backgrounds and others from lower ranked schools, much lower GPAs, not in any exclusive honor societies or social sororities/fraternities, but none of that mattered. There was no difference between the Ivy Leaguers and the state schools, not even the social skills. Everyone came from different backgrounds and at the end of the day, what mattered most was whether we enjoyed what we did.
I too was a perfectionist. Actually, I’m a recovering perfectionist
Our insatiable desire to be number 1 and perfect is detrimental to our own well being. From my personal experience, I have come to realize that it is not perfection that we should aim for but for excellence. Also, I’m not going to push my kids to get ahead and Achieve, Achieve, Achieve at no expense because the true expense is the waste of a happy life. At the end of the day, all parents want their kids to be happy. Sometimes, they mistakenly believe that happiness comes from achievements, accolades, big salaries, and snazzy titles. if only…