ATG 124: 8 Signs You’re a Perfectionist (Part 1)

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🗓️ 8 May 2023

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Do you ever find yourself striving for perfection, only to feel drained and discouraged? What if I told you there's a better way? As someone who struggled with perfectionism for years, I know how it can hold you back and drain your energy. Excellence, on the other hand, can inspire and motivate you to achieve your goals. In this episode, I share four of the eight signs you’re a perfectionist. Do any of these sound like you? Listen now to find out!

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0:00.0	Hey everyone and welcome to the All It Takes A Go podcast, the best place in the entire
0:13.1	world, including all of Canada, to learn how to build new thoughts, new actions, and
0:17.3	new results.
0:18.3	I'm your host John Ackup and today we're talking about perfectionism.
0:21.5	Why?
0:22.5	Because since 2015, I've helped 29,417 people with their goals and it's one of the biggest
0:28.6	obstacles I've seen.
0:29.8	Now why?
0:30.8	That's specific.
0:31.8	29,417 because that's the real number.
0:35.4	There's been 29,417 people who have taken online challenges with me, taken courses
0:39.7	with me, taken coaching with me.
0:41.7	Those are real people working on real goals just like you and perfectionism gets in the
0:46.0	way.
0:47.0	Perfectionism is a poison that pretends to be a vitamin and we act like it's a character
0:50.9	trait sometimes but it's not.
0:53.2	It's fear dressed up in a tuxedo and if you deal with it, it's a lot easier to accomplish
0:57.9	every goal you care about.
0:59.8	This is week number one in our series and I can't wait for you to hear this one because
1:04.4	in this episode, we're going to talk about the first four signs you're perfectionist.
1:09.6	There are actually eight signs in total.
1:11.6	This episode will cover four and then let's do the simple math eight minus four.
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