Overcoming Your Perfectionism
The Mindset Mentor

Overcoming Your Perfectionism

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Speaker 0: And so it's easier to just create in silence in solitude where no one else can see your stuff than it is to show your stuff and hear other people's opinions. So you say. I'm a perfectionist, though, when the perfection of just complete bullshit and what really it is is. It's a fear of other people's opinions. It's a fear of failing at the one thing that you truly want to dio. It's a fear of rejection is the fear of what if nobody bought this stuff that I feel is literally a piece of my soul? How would I feel? Well, I feel like shit, so I'd rather just say I'm not done yet They're not perfect yet. Are you picking up what I'm putting down? Perfectionism doesn't exist. Perfectionism is a mask for some fear. So if you feel like you're a perfectionist When I asked if you're a perfectionist the beginning of this episode

Speaker 1: and you said yes. What do you actually disguising? What fear are you trying to cover? Is it the fear of rejection? Is it the fear of failure? Is that the fear of other people's opinions? Is that the fear of failing quote unquote failing? I don't see anything as a failure until you give up. That's why I keep saying quote unquote, Is it the fear of quote unquote failing at the one thing that you truly want to dio? And so instead of stepping out

Luke's Note

Perfectionism doesn’t exist. It’s a mask. What fear are you hiding? Failure? Rejection? Other people’s opinions?