Hi, is Chase. Today's micro show is something that is pervasive in our culture. I notice it sometimes, and I also post facto can look back and say, wait a minute, that was perfectionism going unnoticed. That's right. I think it's real.

I think perfectionism is rampant among us. It's this nagging feeling that no matter how much effort

we put in, it's just not quite there. Or it's just polished it a little little bit more or you all know that I'm working

on another book right now and I'm just noodling this one part to death and realizing that this

is actually perfectionism at work right and this is not a conscious chase for flawlessness right

well first of all we know that there's no such thing,

but there's some sort of a relentless sense of dissatisfaction for some of us that keeps us

trapped in this cycle of endless tweaking. Now, I'm generally pretty good at working through

this, but like, you know, many aspects of the micro shows here on this,

on our show is problems that I'm actually working through, right? And so I realized that it's

present for me. It's present for a lot of the people that I know and respect and appreciate, right?

It is that feeling that our work

could always be better, which does occasionally lead us to labor over it for far too long or

for longer than is valuable. And it often does. Sometimes it kills projects. Sometimes it puts

them on the back burner for too long, that they, you know, die on the vine.

So I wanted to make an episode around perfectionism, the subtle grip that it has on it,

and an awareness, to me, that's the focus of the show, is creating awareness around it,

that this mindset, while it can seem benign or,

oh, I really have a high quality, a high bar for my work. Yeah, yeah. But that actually could be

hindering your growth and your creativity. So let's together in today's episode explore a little bit

about how to let go for unlocking our true potential and to stop this trap of perfectionism, right?

This can be sneaky.

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