169: How to Beat Perfectionism
The Chris Harder Show
Chris Harder
4.9 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 18 October 2018
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
In This Episode You Will Learn About:
- Being paralyzed by perfectionism
- Steps to help eliminate perfectionism
- Taking action regardless if you're ready or not
Resources:
- Now accepting applications for the 2019 For the Love of Money Mastermind as well as VIP Days and one-on-one coaching. Go to fortheloveofmoney.com/mastermind or drop Chris a line at chris@fortheloveofmoney.com!
Show Notes
Today I'm speaking on a topic that is all too familiar to me and that is perfectionism. I've had so many missed experiences because I was so worried about what people thought and what I really should have been worrying about is getting results. I can't even imagine how many opportunities I've missed out on just because it wasn't "perfect" in my eyes.
While I still experience small instances that pop up on occasion, know that everything I share with you is from my own personal experiences and will help you eliminate some, if not all, your perfectionism tendencies as well. I know it may seem difficult now, but I assure you that it's not as bad as you think. Just take it one step at a time.
"Your dreams are counting on you to get over your perfection and start taking action."
- Face and acknowledge your perfection. It's necessary for you to feel the pain so you are spurred to take action.
- Declare it to the world – especially to those people who you're afraid to tell. Declare that you're going to change your habits. Heck, tag me @chriswharder so I can cheer you on!
- Start talking more out loud about your fears and mistakes. You'll be surprised at the response of those who want to support you and also hear how you overcame any mistakes or learned from them.
- Choose to become more committed to action over perfection. And make sure to reward yourself – in a big or small way – for taking that action. Chart your actions even if they're imperfect (that's the idea). Make it your new, imperfect normal.
- Make a list of why you are epic just the way you are. Think of it as another form of gratitude practice. Do it daily, weekly etc. – but make it a regular practice so it gets locked in. Take it a step further by making a list of 20 people who you love or look up to in your life and next to their name, write a mistake they've made. Review and notice that you still love them despite their flaws.
- Read more biographies of big names who you look up to and you'll realize that all of them have made a disastrous mistake one time or another and they still were successful.
- Give yourself hard deadlines. Get comfortable with releasing something – whatever it is – even if it's not perfect. You can always tweak or make changes later.
"Stop getting ready to get ready."
If you practice even a couple of the above habits consistently, I know you'll be able to smash through the confines of perfection not only in business but in ALL areas of your life. Now, go take action!
Follow me on social media @ChrisWHarder on Instagram and check out www.ForTheLoveOfMoney.com
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | We only take action in life, either to gain pleasure or to avoid pain. And avoiding pain is |
| 0:05.2 | way stronger than gaining pleasure. And so if you're a perfectionist, the idea of gaining |
| 0:09.5 | pleasure because your business is better or you have more life experiences has not been strong |
| 0:14.1 | enough to make you take action yet. That's why we have to make it painful. |
| 0:35.1 | Welcome, everybody. This is for the love of money, where we are making you unapologetic about your pursuit of success by sharing the tools, tips, and stories of those who have already made it. |
| 0:41.0 | My name is Chris Harder, and each week I will bring you incredible guests in order to prove that when good people make good money, they do great things. |
| 0:49.9 | Hey, everybody, welcome back to another mini episode of For the Love of Money episodes that I like to call My Two cents. |
| 0:55.7 | And today I'm going to be weighing in on how to beat perfectionism. |
| 1:00.2 | And guess what? I know this topic well because I speak from experience. |
| 1:05.6 | I was crippled by perfectionism for years and years. |
| 1:10.3 | And I can only imagine what it has actually cost me. |
| 1:15.5 | And here's the thing. I know that many of you too are also suffering and crippled by perfectionism |
| 1:22.8 | because I get the DMs all the time. I get the messages all the time. Would you do an episode on |
| 1:28.3 | perfectionism? I heard that you used to be paralyzed by perfectionism. And so because I've |
| 1:34.7 | gotten that request so many times, that is exactly what we are going to talk about today. |
| 1:39.2 | And I'm going to tell you exactly what you can do to help get over it. Now, before I do, the other DMs that I get |
| 1:46.2 | quite a bit are how can I work with you? And there are only three ways that you can work with me. |
| 1:51.7 | If you are a high-performing entrepreneur in the multiple six-figure range or higher, then you |
| 1:59.1 | qualify for my mastermind, where for one year, I put together |
| 2:02.6 | a room full of life-changing epic entrepreneurs that lift each other's business up. I bring in all |
| 2:07.9 | of my celebrity entrepreneur friends to teach you a few times a year, people that you can't get |
| 2:13.3 | proximity to otherwise. And by the end of the year, we teach you how to get into multiple |
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