SUFFERING FROM PERFECTIONISM?

Perfectionism = Refusing to accept any standard below perfect.

I’m all for having high standards but I have become aware how much my perfectionism side holds me back from trying to do new things. 

I want to master them right away, but mastery only comes from practice and refining. Which can only be taught by doing and daring to be a new beginner. 

Maybe it’s not about lowering your standards, maybe it’s a mindset shift that needs to take place? 

What is perfect anyway? 

Rather than thinking it means: Doing something flawlessly.

Can your new definition be: Going after my dreams and being willing to suck at it in the beginning if that’s what it takes to achieve what I want? 

I’m a perfectionist but I no longer strive for flawlessness. I strive to achieve bigger and bolder things. I strive to move closer to my dreams and I’m willing to fail and get up again as many times as it takes me to get there. 

That to me is my new definition of perfection.

What’s yours? 

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