I think people get so stuck with the fear they see it as an obstacle. They don't see it as something they can get around.

Life isn't about being perfect, it's about being original. People don't remember perfect people.

Hey everyone and welcome to the Christie Wright Show. I'm so excited because today we are talking about how to let go of the pressure to be perfect, which so many of us feel.

And then later on the show, I get to sit down with my good friend and the founder of Gigi's Cupcakes, Gigi Butler. And she has some amazing wisdom for you that's going to help you not just in your business, but also in your life.

The first, let's talk about how to let go of the pressure to be perfect. You know, I'll tell you guys doing what I do being on camera through the Christie Wright Show or on stage or Facebook Lives, whatever.

I do feel this pressure to be perfect. I feel this pressure to look right and act right and have it all together because if I don't have it all together, then I lose trust.

I don't have credibility to lead people or help people if I don't have it together myself. And one of the things that I've learned through doing this for 10 years now is that perfect is not actually what people want.

Believe it or not, people love it when you're not perfect. People love it when you show your vulnerable side or you have a weakness or you have a mess up or you have a mistake because it helps them know that you're a real human just like them.

You know, I remember last year, whenever I had an open enrollment for the academy, which is my online training and coaching group for women with businesses. I was in coaching mode.

So multiple times a day, I would go live from home. This was during the whole quarantine from home. And I'm going live. I've got my light. I've got my camera. And I am rapid fire answering questions. I'm helping people answering questions about their business answering questions about the academy.

Really doing a big marketing push for open enrollment to add new members to my coaching group, the business boutique academy.

During one particular answer, there was this woman named Deborah and she'd asked me in the chat something about multi-level marketing and direct sales. And I'm like, yes, Deborah, I'm answering her question. And y'all in the middle of me being on answering her question, I am in professional mode.

You hear this little voice in the background. Go, Mommy, happy meeting the party. And y'all, everybody heard that go, huh?

Conley Pepe in the potty, everyone. Y'all, this moment, Conley was so proud because we had just potty trained him and he wanted to announce to me and the whole Facebook community and everyone in the house. He went around the whole house going, Betty, I'm pepe in the potty. Carter, I'm pepe in the potty. Telling everyone he was so proud.

It was hilarious. It was one of those moments where in the moment you're going, did that damage my credibility? Did that damage trust that was so unprofessional? And it was one of the favorite moments of the week, not just for me, but for every single person that was watching.

You know, I think we feel this pressure to be perfect, to have it all together, to not have those moments or mistakes or mistakes because we think, oh my gosh, it's going to actually damage my brand or damage my ability to help people or seem trustworthy in their mind. And it's actually the exact opposite.

I heard it quote one time, people will be impressed by your success, but they will connect with your weaknesses. They want to see you be imperfect because they're imperfect. They want to see you be human because they're human.

And when they see that side of you, they realize, oh my gosh, she's just like me. He's just like me. There's actually more trust built in the vulnerability in the real authentic side of you than in all of these illusions of trying to be perfect.

So I want to help you with this today, whether this is in a side business or small business, your career or just your life. I want to help you let go of the pressure to be perfect.

The first way is I want you to focus on what's right in any situation. You can focus on what's wrong and be mad about that. And there are plenty of reasons to be wrong when things go wrong. Or you can focus on what's right. Let me give you an example.

So I have three kids under the age of six, which means I never sit down ever. Like so much so that when Carter filled out one of those little sheets about all about my mommy for Mother's Day, the line he was supposed to fill in was she always he filled in walks around.

Yes, I never sit down. I am picking up toys or getting milk in a sippy cup or someone needs a snack or someone needs help go to the party like I am never sitting down with one particular Saturday. This was several months ago.

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