Episode 548 | Perfectionism Isn't Precious

The Jennifer Allwood Show

Jennifer Allwood: Christian Business Coach

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🗓️ 18 June 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

"It needs to be finished, not perfect."

Today, I’m talking about perfectionism. Some people believe that making their business or offer perfect is an admirable quality—but I’ve got news for you: it’s not.

Perfectionism has haunted many of the women I’ve seen start their own businesses. Over time, I’ve come to recognize it as a coping mechanism—a way to avoid the fear of making what you're working on real.

Tune into today’s episode as I break down the walls of perfection and build up the foundations of forward momentum.

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0:00.0	Well, hey, friends, this is Jennifer. And this is the Jennifer Allwood Show, the podcast for women who want to find freedom in both their life and in their business.
0:07.7	I own a multi-seven figure a year coaching business. I'm also a certified life coach. So I have the honor of helping thousands of women every single month, make money in the online space and help them to get unstuck from whatever is holding the back, all without sacrificing their
0:21.3	faith or their family.
0:22.3	In this show, you're going to get the very best life and business advice, always with a healthy
0:27.3	dose of Jesus.
0:28.4	So buckle in, my friend.
0:29.4	I'm so excited that you are here.
0:33.3	Well, hey, friends.
0:34.3	Welcome back to the podcast.
0:35.6	We're going to talk about a hot topic today.
0:37.2	We're going to talk about perfectionism.
0:40.6	And before you're like, oh, I don't need to listen to this. I'm not somebody who gets stuck on perfectionism.
0:47.2	But maybe you do. Maybe you do. I asked Chad GPT.
0:51.0	Like, chat, give me just some examples of some things that business women would say are women who
0:56.7	are trying to go into business or start a business or what have you like what are some things that
1:00.2	they would say phrases that they would use when they're stuck in perfectionism but maybe they don't
1:05.5	realize it so here's here's some examples you ready okay um if you haven't launched, you might say things like,
1:11.4	I'm just not ready yet. Once it's perfect, I'll launch it. I just need to tweak it a little bit more.
1:16.5	I just want to look more professional first. I don't want to mess this up. What if it's not good enough?
1:21.0	I'm not an expert yet. I don't want people to judge me. It needs to be just right. I'm waiting for the right time.
1:30.1	It has to be a better quality or I won't release it.
1:31.3	I've been working on this forever.
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