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756: Perfectionism: Solutions for all Five Types with Stephen Guise

How to Be Awesome at Your Job

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The Binary Mind Set

A ceiling is the type of goal a lot of people will set, where as good as it could possibly be. For someonea exercising for an hour or selling ten units in a day, that might be their ceiling. Whereas the floor is a starting point. And that's the key difference a ceiling, you hit the ceiling and you're happy. But if you don't hit the ceiling, you're not happy. If you take an imperfectionist look at it, you're going to be looking at your floor more closely than the ceiling. You're going to say, i'm going to at least do this much, this this small amount, and then who knows where my ceiling is

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