If you close your eyes and you think of the things that you feel are most perfect in the world,

those are also things that are deeply connected.

We think of a flower, we think of a scene, we think of God, we think of an amazing product.

What the human population sees as perfection,

they are all deep expressions of connection.

Welcome to the art of accomplishment,

where we explore how deepening connection with ourselves and others

leads to creating the life we want with enjoyment and ease.

I'm Brett Kistler, here today with my co-host, Joe Hudson.

Thank you. I'm Brett Kisler, here today with my co-host, Joe Hudson. What is perfectionism?

If having clear goals can be so helpful in life, how could it be that the simple act of measuring

ourselves up to them so often holds us back?

Today we're going to explore why our quest for perfection never seems to satisfy us,

and often only slows or impedes productivity, while seeking connection tends to result

in better output, better products, and a better life.

So, Joe, what makes this such an important topic?

Oh, man, that's a great question.

There's so many reasons why it's important to me.

The one that comes to mind right away, the experiment they did, it's the dried spaghetti experiment. And it's basically

you give a group of people 25 or so hard pieces of spaghetti and a marshmallow and some masking

tape and you say build the highest structure you can build.

And it turns out that kindergartners, a group of like five kindergartners, will beat a group of five CEOs on a regular basis. And the reason that the people who are doing the experiment

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