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The Five Types of Perfectionists, with Katherine Morgan Schafler

Afford Anything

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The Importance of Counterfactual Thoughts

Perfectionists often make upward counterfactuals in which they imagine a way a scenario could be improved. Research has really created so much rich information about where to take these counterfactual thoughts. Dr Barbara Fredrickson's broaden and build theory states that if you're feeling good, then she calls your thought repertoire 'good'

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