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Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

3415: Why (And How) You Must Conquer Perfectionism by Julie Morgenstern on Prioritizing Advice

Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

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Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Education

4.63.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2024

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3415: Julie Morgenstern explores the concept of perfectionism and its potential to paralyze productivity and rob us of joy. By adopting her MAX-MOD-MIN framework, you can learn to balance high standards with practicality, effectively breaking the cycle of all-or-nothing thinking. This approach empowers you to make deliberate choices about where to focus your effort, freeing you to prioritize what truly matters. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.juliemorgenstern.com/tips-tools-blog/2020/6/23/why-and-how-you-must-conquer-perfectionism Quotes to ponder: "It’s easy to lose perspective and always think you have to do things par excellence." "Perfection is a drive for safety--no fear of criticism or wrongdoing." "The muscle is breaking the all-or-nothing thinking that leads to overwork or paralysis, and recognizing you have options." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This is Optimal Living Daily. Why and how you must conquer perfectionism by Julie

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Morganstern of Julie Morganstern.com. And I'm Justin Mollick. And we'll jump right into today's

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post as we optimize your life.

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Why and how you must conquer perfectionism by Julie Morganstern of Julie

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Morganstern.com. What is perfectionism? Perfectionism is the pressure we often put on ourselves to do things extremely well.

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True perfectionists tend to judge their performance in the starkest of terms. Either they've done

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things brilliantly or they're a complete disaster. In some settings, a difficult class in school

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