Another Limiting Belief Found! Need help finding replacement

[Plato]

I've just discovered an absolute beast inside myself.

It is the belief that success is improvement on past performances. I believe I need to get better over time, otherwise I am a failure.

Why is this so hideous?

Because the better I get, the harder it is to improve, and the more likely it is I will fail!!

God damn it, I gave up bloody golf, which is the only sport I've ever excelled at because I stopped improving (visibly) for a year or so. I began to experience the pain of failure, simply because I was failing to improve. I bet if I wasn't giving myself such a hard time and being so depressed and paranoid I would have improved anyway!

My standard of success is simply to keep getting better. I always assumed this was really positive but it's actually limiting.

Time to get rid of this belief and replace it with:

Success is never quitting.
Or
Success is doing the best I can with the resources I have.

Any suggestions here for good rules about what constitutes success?

[marinik]

I have one I use:

Just be the best version of yourself at any given time.

Sometimes it is better than me yesterday and sometimes it's not. And it is OK.

I was an overachiever and wanted always to be the best and then better and better until one day my body said STOP and I did.

The first time I could stop and "smell the roses" was the day I could learn to live again and be happy. Not saying I am happy ALL the time but most of the time YES.