The Goal Digger Podcast | Top Business and Marketing Podcast for Creatives, Entrepreneurs, and Women in Business 918: Your Perfectionism Is Costing You Money (Here's the Escape Plan)
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Oct 1, 2025 Perfectionism is more than a small hurdle; it’s costing you money and impact. Delays in launching your ideas rob your audience of valuable content. Jenna discusses the time, opportunity, and confidence taxes imposed by perfectionism and offers strategies to counter them. She emphasizes that customers care more about solutions than perfect presentations. Using public accountability and financial stakes can reduce procrastination and encourage action. It's time to embrace imperfection and prioritize speed over unnecessary polishing!
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Perfection Protects Ego Not Reputation
- Jenna Kutcher reframes perfectionism as ego protection rather than reputation protection.
- She argues this costs you money, impact, and life progress.
Friend Who Sat On A Course
- Jenna shares a friend who sat on a course outline in drafts for two years and never launched.
- Meanwhile others launched courses and changed lives and finances during that time.
Three Taxes Perfectionism Charges
- Jenna defines three costs of perfectionism: time, opportunity, and confidence taxes.
- Each tax prevents impact, revenue, and personal growth by delaying action.