EP198 Three sneaky ways perfectionism is holding you back (even if you think you're not a perfectionist)
Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers
Angela Watson
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🗓️ 3 May 2020
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Perfectionism is not always about needing things to be perfect. It can look like an "all-or-nothing" mentality that keeps us from creating the change we want.
My working theory is that everyone struggles with perfectionism, it simply manifests differently for different people. We all have our things that we are extremely particular about. Even folks who are super laid-back or happily disorganized or go-with-the-flow still have very defined preferences for certain aspects of their life.
I think it's the root word "perfect" that throws people off. Very few people actually try to make everything to be absolutely perfect with no flaws at all times.
But, we do all sometimes have the belief that things have to be a certain way in order for us to be content or satisfied. Things have to match out personal standard in order to be acceptable — and that's a sneaky form of perfectionism.
In this episode, I'm going to share 3 thought patterns that you may recognize, explain how they're actually tied to perfectionism, and give you some strategies to shift your thinking.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 198 of Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers. I'm your |
| 0:06.9 | host Angela Watson and I'm here to speak life, encouragement, and truth into the |
| 0:12.2 | minds and hearts of educators and get you energized |
| 0:14.8 | for the week ahead. Today I'm talking about three sneaky ways perfectionism might |
| 0:19.9 | be holding you back even if you think you're not a perfectionist. |
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