Advice for Perfectionists & Procrastinators

The Mindset Mentor

Rob Dial

Education, Health & Fitness, Business, Mindset

4.8 • 13.8K Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Do you call yourself a perfectionist? In this episode, I’ll show you why perfectionism isn’t a strength—it’s a fear wearing a clever disguise. I’ll break down the real fears behind perfectionism and share how you can overcome them to finally take action, embrace imperfection, and create true freedom in your life. Are you ready to stop procrastinating and break your bad habits? If so, I just opened the doors to Mindset 2.0—my full system to help you break through fear, rewire your identity, and follow through like never before. Click here 👉 https://www.coachwithrob.com/enroll-a The Mindset Mentor™ podcast is designed for anyone desiring motivation, direction, and focus in life. Past guests of The Mindset Mentor include Tony Robbins, Matthew McConaughey, Jay Shetty, Andrew Huberman, Lewis Howes, Gregg Braden, Rich Roll and Dr Steven Gundry. Here are some useful links for you… If you want access to a multitude of life advice, self development tips, and exclusive content daily that will help you improve your life, then you can follow me around the web at these links here: Instagram TikTok Facebook Youtube

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0:00.0	Welcome to today's episode of the Mindset Mentor podcast.
0:10.7	I'm your host, Rob Dial.
0:12.0	If you have not yet done so, hit that subscribe button so you never miss another podcast
0:16.0	episode.
0:17.0	And if you're out there and you love this podcast, do me a real quick favor.
0:19.4	Share this podcast today with somebody who you know, who you love, who you think might help in some sort of way.
0:26.4	It just allows to impact more people's lives and hopefully impact some people that you love as well.
0:30.1	So if you do that, I'd greatly appreciate it. Today, I'm going to be talking about perfectionism.
0:35.4	And I'm going to talk to you about how you people out there that are
0:37.7	actually ruining your lives by proclaiming and thinking that you're a perfectionist. Let's go
0:44.0	ahead and dive into it. Perfectionism is often viewed as like this badge of honor. Oh, I'm a perfectionist.
0:50.7	That's why I work so hard. That's why I am the way that I am. That's why I try to,
0:54.6	you know, make sure that my stuff is as good as I can before I put it out. People proudly proclaim,
0:58.9	I'm a perfectionist. Like it's this sign of high standards or like exceptional productivity.
1:06.7	But the truth is, perfectionism is just some sort of fear that is disguised as perfectionism.
1:15.0	Perfectionism is the mask that you wear to hide some sort of fear that's behind it.
1:20.4	Perfectionism is the excuse not to jump because it's not ready yet.
1:26.9	I'm not ready yet. I'm still finishing this up. I'm
1:30.7	still making it even better. But the real question needs to be why am I afraid of jumping in the
1:35.5	first place? Because the jump means exposure. That's why. The leap means being seen in putting
1:42.5	yourself out there. And being seen means that I might be
1:46.8	rejected or judged or other people might throw their opinions at me. That's the root that most of us
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