Better yourself or accept yourself?

“All of us would probably like to be slimmer, smarter, richer, more popular, more successful,” says Jessica Lamb-Shapiro in her book Promise Land—My Journey Through America’s Self-Help Culture.

“To what extent should you accept yourself for who you are, and to what extent should you attempt to better yourself?”

Fayteen and I think that this is such an interesting, complex question. What do you think?
–Joy