Tom Pope: One of the top researchers in the field of perfectionism has exhaustively looked at all kinds of stuff and concluded that there is just about no correlation between perfectionism and performance. He says it's not about being perfectionistic everywhere, but rather only zearing in on a couple super critical things that you are in full control of. The show notes, the transcript, the links to adams b've reference at asom at your job dot com. Hope t catch next episode of how to be ossomat your job.
Behavioral psychologist Thomas Curran reveals the science behind perfectionism and why it’s perfectly OK to be imperfect.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) Why perfectionism is not correlated with performance
2) The self-limiting beliefs underlying perfectionism
3) The tools to combat perfectionism
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— ABOUT THOMAS —
Thomas Curran is a British Psychological Society chartered social psychologist. His primary area of expertise is the personality characteristic of perfectionism, how it develops, and how it impacts on mental health. He is the author of over 30 published papers and book chapters on related topics and has received numerous awards for his scholarship and research.
Informed by his research and expertise in data analysis, he has previously lectured to undergraduates in the UK and Australia. He now teaches research methods and statistics units in the Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science.
• Twitter: @thom_curran
• Website: ThomasCurran.co.uk
— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —
• Book: Our Inner Conflicts: A CONSTRUCTIVE THEORY OF NEUROSIS (International Library of Psychology) by Karen Horney
• Book: The Neurotic Personality of Our Time by Karen Horney
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