What do you do when your best is never good enough?

One of two things: accept it’s your best and move on, or refuse to accept it’s your best and keep trying. Either way, give yourself credit for trying.

It would be helpful if you were more specific. Best is never good enough according to someone else? Who? Your boss? Your mom? Your lover? “Best” in what? Work? Love? Chores around the house? Good deeds that are not received well?

Please be more specific.

I say, “I’m sorry I am not meeting your expectations.”

Shuts ‘em right up.

@snowberry, I’ve learned it’s usually a waste of time saying anything. “They” deserve no explanation, their expectations are irrelevant, and they never shut up anyway. :-)

@kimchi I’m just guessing but it’s your family? Sometime they’re way over board in their expectations. You do your best and if they want more it’s their problem.

I’ve learned that I can’t excel at everything, nor is it possible. I accomplish nothing by beating myself up about it.

If, upon reflection, I assess that I made the best decisions possible with the information available at the time, then I’ve learned to be able to accept it, learn from it, and move on,

Quit listening to the dissenters.

My best. It is all I can do. If my best isn’t good enough, it is someone else who gets disappointed, not me.

Distance yourself from your critics and don’t look back.

Punt.

@Pachy It’s shut up my critics. Regardless, it made me feel better to acknowledge that it was THEIR UNSPOKEN EXPECTATIONS that was causing the upset, and it was NOT MY PROBLEM.

@jca It’s simple…. How can one not understand this question. Let me paraphrase it for you-you fail, how do you deal with it? It is simple, not that hard.

@kimchi Easy, she is good at this stuff and means well. She’s just drawing out some additional info. You can trust her.

Ouch. Never mind.

As long as you absolutely gave it your honest best,that is all you can do, if it isn’t good enough for the work place then simply say SHOW ME what you want.
If it has to do with sports then just keep trying , if you keep trying you haven’t failed you just haven’t succeeded yet.