Joseph Tsar Let’s solve your perfectionism with speaking | Joseph Tsar
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Nov 14, 2025 Explore the intriguing connection between perfectionism and performance in speaking. Discover how crafted personas seek social rewards while masking true selves. Learn about the influence of AI on communication and how to break free from perfection through playful language. Joseph shares techniques to recover from imperfect moments and encourages logging social 'stings' to build resilience. This engaging discussion ultimately guides you in choosing when to wear your social mask and offers practical tools to enhance your speaking confidence.
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Perfectionism Equals Performance
- Joseph Tsar defines perfectionism in speaking as treating every utterance like a performance that must be brilliant.
- That constant calculation prevents natural speech and leaves people feeling stiff and exhausted.
AI Encourages The Perfect Avatar
- Tsar links modern AI tools to the rise of crafted perfect avatars that reinforce masks in communication.
- Using AI to always perfect wording props up a performative mask and fuels perfectionism.
Choose Play Over Perfection
- Reframe perfectionism as playfulness and prioritize experimentation over flawless output.
- Embrace playful speaking to restore freedom and reduce the impossible standard of perfect speech.