SMP Classics: How to overcome being a perfectionist

Sports Motivation Podcast

Niyi Sobo

Soccer, Football, Basketball, Crossfit, Mindset, Sports, Psychology, Dominate, Business

4.8 • 755 Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2018

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

What thoughts come to mind when you hear the word, "perfection"? It's a heavy word, and it carries expectations with it. Few benefits may come with being detail-oriented, but it's quite dangerous to consider yourself to be a "perfectionist". Tune in to this episode to find out why, and how you can overcome a lifestyle driven by this attitude. We're breaking it down to a science today, folks. Have a pen handy, and let's go!

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(2:18) Special iTunes review shoutout to Dan Villarreal. I appreciate you and your support!

(5:06) The portrayal of being a "perfectionist"

(6:10) A personal, NFL story on the New Orleans Saints

(9:00) Associating with pain or pleasure

(15:36) Attacking the perfectionist attitude

(15:53) 1: Understand the difference between high standards and perfectionism

(16:36) 2: Create a new standard; a new philosophy around failure/success/challenges

(18:18) 3: No longer associate yourself as a "perfectionist"

(18:54) 4: WRITE down every mistake you've ever made (that you can remember) | associate pleasure with your mistakes!

(23:41) 5: Praise yourself for your effort

(28:16) 6: Have a face-face conversation with your parents

(31:21) 7: Approach your goals/results as if you are a scientist | use the scientific method!

(35:07) MAJOR beliefs that have helped me through the years...

Transcript

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0:00.0	Could you benefit from building supreme confidence? What would change for you if you played your best when under pressure?
0:05.9	What's it costing you to not have the confidence, the poise, and skill to execute when your team needs you most?
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0:21.7	You'll also find out how you can apply these to your career today so that you can start to speed
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0:36.9	You'll be learning exactly what I teach my high performance professional athletes and clients about what it
0:41.8	takes to dominate. Again, I'm not you.com for slash dominate under pressure.
0:48.8	If you try to get right, then you listen to my dad. He's a beast.
0:59.8	And if you don't want to listen to him, okay, okay, you don't want to get successful.
1:03.6	If you ain't trying to dominate, man, they go listen to something else.
1:10.1	Welcome, athletes, top performers, and all those looking to gain that killer instinct,
1:11.6	that edge you need to dominate in any environment.
1:13.4	This is the Sports Motivation podcast, and I'm your host, Niyu Shobo.
1:18.6	I play ball and succeeded at the highest levels, and I'm now committed to showing you
1:23.6	how you can accomplish the ambitious goals and visions that you have.
1:28.3	This podcast is designed to teach you high-level strategy, not just fluff and hype.
1:33.7	This will cut to the core if you let it.
1:36.0	And by taking action on the practical and next-level advice I share, you will see results.
1:41.9	Expect that.
1:43.2	Expect to be more confident. Expect to be more focused. Expect to be more confident.
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