When 40% is your 100%

Consistently bringing your full self to work is its own kind of greatness. 

When all you can muster is 40%, and you still show up wholeheartedly, you demonstrate to yourself and everyone else that it's okay to be human.

We are not machines. There are days we feel exhausted, sick, distracted.

I don't want to go down that path where someone’s 40% is someone else's 90%. This is not about that. And if you know the Navy SEAL 40% rule, I’m preaching the exact opposite right now.

My point is about radical self-acceptance. You feel the struggle, and so you adapt the steps you take to continue making progress. That's what's commendable.

Embracing your 40% means embracing your humanity.