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S5, Ep 2 Best Friend Therapy: Perfectionism - Is it about control? How does it hold us back? Can we learn to be good enough?

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Building Deliberate Imperfection Into Your Day

I challenge you to build in deliberate imperfection at some point in your day. I was someone who was always so punctual that actually other people who would meet up with me would find it borderline offensive because I would be early for a meeting. And then they would always feel that they were running slightly late, even though they weren't. So I started building deliberate lateness into my day. It's something that I still do. If you arrive five minutes after the allotted time, you've arrived in time because that's when the other person's coming as well. And I no longer see punctuality as a noble characteristic of mine that I can hang a small sense of identity on That unlocked

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