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Present Over Perfect
Shauna Niequist
3.82 (63035 Reviews)
Self-growth
Mindfulness
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Inspiration
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Puntos Clave
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Overview of Present Over Perfect

In "Present Over Perfect," Shauna Niequist's million-copy bestseller invites you to abandon exhausting perfectionism for soulful authenticity. What if your constant busyness isn't a badge of honor but a barrier to joy? Discover why countless overwhelmed professionals call this their permission slip to breathe again.

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The Hustle That Almost Broke Everything

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Picture a woman in a sterile hotel room at 2 AM, her body finally refusing to cooperate with the relentless pace she's set. This isn't a dramatic movie scene-it's the moment when the carefully constructed facade of "having it all together" begins to crumble. At thirty-six, with a loving husband, two young sons, a third book deadline looming, and a travel schedule that kept her in a different city every week, the breaking point arrived not with a bang but with a quiet, terrifying whisper from her own body: *Stop.* The signs had been accumulating like unpaid bills-recurring bronchitis, sleepless nights punctuated by anxiety, debilitating migraines, episodes of vertigo. But perhaps most devastating was the realization that while she'd become known as "the reliable one" and "the achiever," she'd lost something essential. Her heart had retreated behind walls of busyness, and the woman who once threw candy to passing kayakers just for the joy of it had disappeared, replaced by someone who could only understand worth through accomplishment. This is the story of how one woman discovered that the life she thought she wanted was slowly killing the soul she needed to keep.

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The Drug of Constant Motion and Who's Putting Up More Chairs

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The Scalpel Called "No"

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The Silence That Heals

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When Brave Looks Boring

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The Basketball Hoop and the Blueberries

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Coming Home to the Soul's Worth

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