369: World leading expert on perfectionism, Thomas Curran — The Perfection Trap: Embracing the Power of Good Enough
The Strategy Skills Podcast: Strategy | Leadership | Critical Thinking | Problem-Solving
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The Fear of Failure
perfectionists can start things, but they find it really difficult to finish. And this comes back again to the fear of it not being good enough, the fear of failure. If they don't put it out there, then there's no opportunity for people to tell them that it's bad and this is what they're so worried about. It's self sabotaging because they won't put themselves in positions where they can be judged or criticized. That's exactly the same process as procrastination.
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