Embracing Imperfection: The Power of Scruffy Hospitality

In this episode of Minds & Mics, Nick chats with author Oliver Burkeman about the imperfectionist mindset and how this counterintuitive idea can help with everything from perfectionism and indecisiveness to procrastination and imposter syndrome.

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EPISODE TOPICS

• The Problem with Self-Improvement
• Function Follows Form
• What Is Imperfectionism?
• The Oliver Burkeman Thesis Statement
• Synthesizing the Achiever and the Enjoyer
• Oliver's 4-Hour Workday Experiment
• The Virtues of Deliberate Constraint
• The Psychology of Indecisiveness and Overwhelm
• Daily-ish as the Antidote to Perfectionism
• Scruffy Hospitality as the Antidote to Imposter Syndrome