Escaping The Perfection Trap With Thomas Curran

In a world driven by intense competition, it can be so easy to lose ourselves in that pursuit of perfection. And when it becomes a dangerous obsession, it will cost you more than you know and even notice. In this episode, Thomas Curran, the world’s foremost expert on perfectionism, takes us deep into his book, The Perfection Trap, which looks at the dangers of obsessively going after perfection and how we can escape that trap in today’s competitive environment. He shows what we can do to resist modern-day pressures to be perfect and explains why good enough is often a better aspiration. So, get off of that ever-moving hamster wheel of perfection and focus on what matters most.
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Excellent video! Do not worry about being a C-Student as opposed to an A-Student. It has been well documented that, when evaluating a graduating high-school class 30 or 40 year later, that the C-Students lead the most satisfying and balanced lives, earn more than the A-Students (many of whom work for them), and have the best emotional intelligence. Also, there is not a single pathway. At any given moment, multiple decisions are possible, but only one can be made. Life is a series of contingencies. As you and other strategists have pointed out: at the heart of strategy is deciding not what to do.