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🗓️ 5 July 2018
⏱️ 29 minutes
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A couple of weeks ago, we talked about perfectionism and how so many of us love to make unrealistic plans and never keep them or see them through to the end. This week, I want to take a deeper dive into the topic of perfectionism – the insidious trait that many smart people suffer from – and look at two powerful tools for managing it.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Unfuck Your Brain, the only podcast that teaches you how to use psychology, feminism |
| 0:13.8 | and coaching to rewire your brain and get what you want in life. |
| 0:18.6 | And now here's your host, Harvard Law School grad, feminist rock star, and master coach, |
| 0:24.7 | Tara, Low and Thile. |
| 0:25.7 | Hello, my chickens. |
| 0:33.3 | So here's what I want to tell you guys first today. |
| 0:36.3 | I want you to know that I practice what I preach because I am always talking to you guys |
| 0:42.7 | about learning to move towards discomfort, right? |
| 0:47.3 | And that growth requires doing things that lizard brain would rather avoid. |
| 0:51.9 | My courage requires the presence of fear to exist, right? |
| 0:55.5 | We wouldn't have courage. |
| 0:56.5 | We wouldn't need to be brave if we weren't afraid. |
| 0:59.8 | So that is one of the reasons that we want to move towards discomfort, right? |
| 1:03.2 | We have to do that if we want to grow because lizard brain always wants to stay safe in the |
| 1:07.8 | cave. |
| 1:08.9 | So here's how I have been dealing with that the last few days. |
| 1:12.2 | So my brother was running for a state delegate position in our home state. |
| 1:17.8 | And I was down there earlier this week to help canvas and stand at the polls in the last |
| 1:22.7 | few days. |
| 1:24.2 | And let me just tell you, my brother and I are like all the proof science would ever need |
| 1:28.2 | that nature is more important than nurture because I mean, obviously in some ways, not others. |
| 1:34.4 | Of course, I teach we can change our thoughts. |
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