066: The Pursuit of Perfection

The Intentional Advantage

Tanya Dalton

Productivity, 790708, Tanyadalton, Inkwellpress, Management, Education, Self-improvement, Business

4.6 • 605 Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2018

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

We’re starting season 6 off by discussing one of our biggest stumbling blocks that can get in the way of living a productive, happy life: Perfectionism. I’ll share the two types of perfectionists with you and how perfectionism is a learned habit… which is good news because that means we can unlearn it! Discover the 5 things you can start doing right now so you change your perfectionist mindset for good.

What’s In This Episode:

Why seeking perfection is keeping you from the life you want
Find out which of the two types of perfectionists you may be
Realize how perfectionism is a learned habit (and how to unlearn it!)
Understand how the words you use to define yourself can affect your daily life
Learn 5 steps to transform your perfectionism stumbling block into a starting block

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0:00.0	Welcome to Productivity Paradox from Inkwell Press, a podcast focused on finding success and happiness through the power of productivity.
0:09.2	Each season, Tanya focuses on specific strategies to help you discover your own priorities and purpose.
0:14.6	Season 6 is all about turning your stumbling blocks into starting blocks.
0:19.0	You can also join Tanya for more interaction and support in her free
0:22.1	Facebook group at Incwellpress.com slash group. And now here's your host, Tanya Dalton.
0:29.1	Hello, hello everyone. Welcome to Productivity Paradox. I'm your host, Tanya Dalton, owner of
0:35.0	Enquwell Press, and this is episode 66. Today's episode is brought to you
0:40.7	by Inkwell Press and the launch of the academic planners. I'll be sharing a little bit more about
0:45.6	that later on in the episode. But first, let's talk about the fact that today is the first day of
0:52.0	season six. And as you know, each season I like to talk about
0:55.9	one topic all season long. And each episode builds as we learn about this topic. This season
1:02.3	is all about taking our stumbling blocks and turning them in to starting blocks. I'd like for you
1:08.5	to look at the things that really hold you back and see how we can
1:12.3	flip it on its head and how we can begin to use those as springboards to move us forward.
1:17.4	To celebrate this new season, I'm actually going to be having a giveaway and I'll be sharing
1:21.4	a little bit more about that giveaway at the end of the show. But I wanted to kick off this season
1:26.9	with a big one. I wanted to talk about something that so many of you have shared with me is a big stumbling block, and that is perfectionism. Let's start by talking about what perfectionism really is. Too often we throw that word around being perfect or striving for perfectionism. And often it's because
1:46.2	our work and our environment pushes us to this notion of good perfectionism, which is an oxymoron,
1:52.9	and it's often confused with desiring achievement or striving for excellence or even setting high
1:58.9	personal standards. Those are all different from perfectionism.
2:03.1	But I want you to think about the standard job interview question, where they say,
2:07.1	tell me something about a weakness, and you toss out, oh, I'm a perfectionist, because it sounds good.
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