Perfectionism 3 - Brene Brown - The Hazardous Detour

09/25/23 • 28 min

Today we continue with the new series of quotes on "Perfectionism" that I started a couple of weeks ago. This is a great topic for coaches because we all deal with "perfectionist athletes" at points in our careers, and for most of us we deal with them every season. The quotes that I will be discussing will get at the heart of perfectionism, why it can be crippling to performance, and what we can/should do about it to keep it from destroying our ability to grow and develop the best that we can.
Today's quotes form the beginning of a mini-series within the series. That's because for the next few weeks I will discuss quotes by Dr. Brene Brown from her book, Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead. I HIGHLY recommend you get this book! It is so good and has so many powerful impactful ideas and lessons for all of us, especially those of us in any type of leadership position.
The quotes you hear today kick off a short section in the book on perfectionism and why perfectionism is so crippling to us in our efforts to become the best versions of ourselves that we can be.

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Today we continue with the new series of quotes on "Perfectionism" that I started last week. As I said last week, I'm sure I have touched on the concept of perfectionism at times in different episodes of the podcast, but I don't recall ever devoting any specific episodes to the idea of perfectionism.
This is a great topic for coaches because we all deal with "perfectionist athletes" at points in our careers, and for most of us we deal with them every season. The quotes that I will be discussing will get at the heart of perfectionism, why it can be crippling to performance, and what we can/should do about it to keep it from destroying our ability to grow and develop the best that we can.
Today's quote comes to us from one of the all-time great American authors. It is also a quote that you have probably heard before. But as is so often the case, even if you've heard it, there is always something more you can learn from it or some new way to look at it, and today's quote is no exception to that.

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Perfectionism 4 - Brene Brown - Self-Destructive & Addictive

Today we continue with the series of quotes on "Perfectionism" that I started a couple of weeks ago. Today's quotes form the second of three episode that make up a "Mini-Series" within the series. They are by Dr. Brene Brown from her book, Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead.As you heard me say in the episode numerous times, I HIGHLY recommend you get this book! I finished it this morning, and it has vaulted onto my list of Top 5 or Top 10 books that everyone should read, especially anyone who is a leader or a parent.
The quotes you hear today follow in the footsteps of last week's episode in which I read four bullet points that she made explaining what perfectionism IS NOT. Today you will hear four more bullet points, this time explaining what perfectionism IS.
Next week I will wrap up this mini-series with a few more quotes from Dr. Brown that offer impactful ideas on perfectionism and how to deal with it.