The Five Types of Perfectionists, with Katherine Morgan Schafler

Afford Anything | Make Smart Money Choices

Paula Pant | Cumulus Podcast Network

Entrepreneurship, Investing, Business

4.7 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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#437: Do you have a project you want to start … but you’re stuck in analysis paralysis? Do you feel like if you want to do something right, you have to do it yourself? Do you try to wind down after the end of a long day, but your energy levels are just not quite restored? If you answered “Yes!” to any of these questions, then this episode is for you. Psychotherapist Katherine Morgan Schafler, a former on-site therapist at Google, and author of “The Perfectionist’s Guide to Losing Control,” joins us to chat about her research on perfectionism. She shares a framework on five types of perfectionism. She describes the pros and cons of each type, and how to work through some of the negative tendencies to build a more emotionally healthy life. Enjoy! For more information, visit the show notes at https://affordanything.com/episode437 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You know, there's not just one kind of perfectionism. There are five kinds. Which kind are you?
0:04.4	And how is it effing up your money life?
0:07.4	We're gonna get some insight into those questions today in our interview with
0:12.9	Psychotherapist
0:14.3	Catherine Morgan
0:15.8	SheaSler
0:18.6	Welcome to the afford anything podcast you can afford anything but not everything every choice that you make
0:24.5	Carries a trade-off and that applies not just to your money, but to your time your focus your energy what matters most
0:32.0	That is what this podcast is here to explore and facilitate my name is Paula Pant with us on the show today
0:38.1	We have a guest who was trained as a psychotherapist at Columbia University and worked as the on-site therapist at Google and
0:46.2	Has now written a book about perfectionism
0:49.2	She introduces a framework that outlines five types of perfectionism
0:56.2	Which type are you and how does that impact your life? How does it impact the way that you handle your money your career your
1:03.1	investments the way that you self-sabotage what's the psychology of self-sabotaging?
1:08.3	How often do you get stuck in analysis paralysis?
1:11.8	How does that impact your ability to start a side hustle to buy a rental property to grow a business to advance
1:18.6	professionally to make a career change or to take that six-month trip to South America that you've been dreaming about
1:26.3	We're going to learn all about perfectionism and how to overcome it in this episode
1:33.0	Let's get started
1:37.8	Hi Catherine. Hello. How are you? I'm fantastic. How are you doing? I'm good. Thank you
1:45.1	Catherine you've written about perfectionism and overcoming perfectionism
1:49.9	What is it? What is perfectionism?
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