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Liz Fosslien on Big Feelings: How to Be Okay When Things Are Not Okay EP 128

Passion Struck with John R. Miles

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How Does Perfectionism Inhibit Performance?

There's a misconception that if you strive for perfection, that is the best way to be an achiever. But perfectionism has been proven to inhibit your performance. A healthy striver will aim for a hundred % on a test and feel pretty good about what they accomplished. A perfectionist will strive for a hundred, get a 99 and then really beat themselves up for not getting that last one%. And that's just not a positive way of operating.

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