999: How Perfectionism Holds Us Back–and What to Do About It with Dr. Greg Chasson

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🗓️ 3 October 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Greg Chasson reveals the double-edged nature of perfectionism—and provides expert strategies for managing it.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) How perfectionism differs from high standards

2) How inefficiency can make you more effective

3) How to deal with another perfectionist at work

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— ABOUT GREG —

Dr. Greg Chasson is a licensed clinical psychologist, board-certified cognitive-behavioral therapist, Associate Professor, and the Director of Behavioral Interventions of the Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders Clinic in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience at the University of Chicago. Over the past two decades, Dr. Chasson has provided cognitive-behavioral therapy for clinically severe perfectionism and has owned and operated two mental health practices.

As an active scholar, Dr. Chasson has authored or co-authored more than 70 scientific publications and one academic book (Hoarding Disorder: Advances in Psychotherapy – Evidence-Based Practice). He also serves as the editor of the scientific journal and the behavior therapist, and he has served on the board of directors for a variety of professional non-profit organizations.

• Book: Flawed: Why Perfectionism is a Challenge for Management

• Website: GregChasson.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: The Selfish Gene (Popular Science) by Richard Dawkins

• Past episode: 278: The Critical Factors Separating High and Low Performers with Morten Hansen

• Past episode: 482: David Allen Returns with the 10 Moves to Stress-Free Productivity

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0:00.0	People with anxiety overestimate their control, the problem is most things aren't predictable or controllable,
0:12.2	and so you end up with a lot of anxiety
0:14.4	especially over things that you can't control and I tell people use your values as a guy in this situation.
0:20.4	Figure out what's really important to you and then use that as an indicator of which things to take risks on and which not to take risks on.
0:28.0	And understand that a risk is a risk for a reason.
0:31.0	Figuring out what are the things that are within your power.
0:35.0	Even though you may have the power to change them, that's not where the story ends.
0:39.0	The story then continues with, what is worth my efforts, what is worth the attempt to control, because not everything
0:47.0	is. That's Dr. Greg Chassen. He's a licensed clinical psychologist and over the past 20 years has provided
1:00.2	cognitive behavioral therapy for clinically severe perfectionism.
1:04.0	He shares some of that expert wisdom in his latest book,
1:06.5	flawed why perfectionism is a challenge for management.
1:09.5	So you'll learn one, how perfectionism differs from high standards.
1:13.0	Two, how inefficiency can make you more effective,
1:16.2	and three, how to deal with another perfectionist at work.
1:19.6	And if you want to get a quick summary right up
1:21.8	of some of these takeaways for your future review and
1:24.5	perusal. Please sign up for the gold nugget email list totally free at awesome at your
1:29.3	job.com. I'm Pete McKitis. This is how to be awesome at your job and now here's Greg.
1:37.0	Greg welcome!
1:41.0	Thank you. I'm excited to be here.
1:43.3	Oh, I'm so excited to hear about some of the wisdom you've got for us in your book,
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